Nelson Mandela was released from a South African hospital a day after officials said the ailing anti-apartheid icon underwent a keyhole examination for an abdominal ailment. "The doctors have assured us that there is nothing to worry about and that Madiba is in good health," President Jacob Zuma said in a statement earlier, referring to the 93-year-old Mandela by his affectionate clan name. The news comes a ...

A six part miniseries based on the life of Nelson Mandela is in the works from South Africa’s Out of Africa Entertainment, the UKs Left Bank Pictures and Canada’s Blue Ice Films. Producers on the series include Out of Africa principal Kweku Mandela, a grandson of the renowned African leader. Scribe Nigel Williams, whose credits include the Helen Mirren mini-series "Elizabeth I," is penning the scripts for t ...