Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against ... His work in the quarry permanently damaged Mandela’s eyes, injuring his tear glands so severely that the leader could not produce tears ...

It was here, he said, that Nelson Mandela toiled virtually ... stricken with “snow blindness” that damaged his eyes. Nevertheless, Mandela and other heroes of South Africa’s anti-apartheid ...

Resource exploitation attracts foreign military and economic interest, whose presence fuels conflicts that devastates ...