British actors Idris Elba and Naomi Harris will be in South Africa over the weekend to promote their film, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom", The New Age newspaper reported on Thursday.

The two portray former president Nelson Mandela and his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

The film tells the story of Mandela from his childhood days in Qunu, Eastern Cape, to his time in prison on Robben Island and his struggles with the transition from an apartheid...read more here: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom actors in SA