Born to Irish immigrant parents in Johannesburg in 1915, Michael Harmel was an important anti-apartheid activist

The IRFU’s role in the sport’s dealings with with South Africa is not one to be proud of

The most ambitious students in the US don’t waste their non-study time “socialising”. There are coding languages to be learnt, jobs to be sought, enterprises to be founded

Albie Sachs worked out the first draft of South Africa’s bill of rights around Kader Asmal’s kitchen table in Dublin during the late 1980s

Opinion: Comparison of situation in Ireland to that in Rhodesia was invalid and maladroit

Tánaiste says Soweto service will be an ‘opportunity for world leaders to reflect on what we need to do to carry forward his ideals’

‘He has been a forceful presence in my life going back to 1979, when U2 made our first anti-apartheid effort’

Charlie Bird: I had the good fortune to meet Mandela many times as a journalist. It was always magical