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46664 is a global HIV/AIDS campaign that was started by Nelson Mandela in 2003. It aims to raise global awareness about HIV/AIDS and encourages individuals to learn their HIV status.

The 46664 concerts use the power of music to spread the message “it’s in your hands”. 46664 global ambassadors perform, and all proceeds from the concert go towards community-based HIV/AIDS projects, as well as community outreach activities aimed at preventing HIV infection. Artists perform for free at the concerts, becoming ambassadors for the cause.

As part of Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations, the 46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90 will take place in Hyde Park, London on June 27.

46664’s annual concert commemorating World AIDS Day on December 1 will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 30.

The first 46664 concert took place in Cape Town, South Africa on November 29, 2003. Since then, concerts have taken place in George, South Africa (2005); Madrid, Spain (2005); Tromsø, Norway (2005); and Johannesburg, South Africa (2007).

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The Malibongwe Dialogue is an annual event organised and hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue. The Malibongwe Dialogue seeks to remember, through dialogue, the role of women in South Africa’s history.

The first Malibongwe Dialogue was hosted last year at Mandela House in Johannesburg. The event honoured four veterans of the apartheid struggle: Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, Amina Cachalia, Rica Hodgson and Ntombemhlophe Bam. The dialogue was convened around an exhibition entitled Malibongwe: “We thank the women”, a collection of black and white photographs of women activists which was curated by the Apartheid Museum.

To read more about the event, visit the news story “Nelson Mandela hosts veteran activists”. You can also download a copy of the booklet produced after the event: “Malibongwe igama lamakhosikasi / Praise be to women”. To see photographs of this event, visit our gallery.

This year’s Malibongwe Dialogue will take place on August 22 in Johannesburg. Attendance at the dialogue is by invitation only.

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The Annual Lecture is an event hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation which has featured former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (2007), South African President Thabo Mbeki (2006), Nobel Laureates Prof Wangari Maathai (2005), Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (2004) and former US President Bill Clinton (2003).

It is one of the key events of the Foundation’s Dialogue Programme. This year, the Annual Lecture will take place on July 12, and will feature President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia and Africa’s first elected female head of state. The venue is the Walter Sisulu Square, Kliptown, Soweto.

The Foundation has produced a booklet of the first four Annual Lectures (2003-2006), which is available for download here.

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Many of the world’s most powerful and instantly recognisable figures and a concert audience numbering 46 664 will pay their tributes to one of the world’s most loved leaders, Nelson Mandela, as he turns 90 later this year.

Mr Mandela will arrive in London in June to take part in a series of events to mark his birthday: a very rare occasion since he is now finally “retired from retirement”. The 46664 concert has an exciting line-up of artists and will take place in Hyde Park, London, on June 27.

See full story: Nelson Mandela to attend 46664 concert. To read more visit the 46664 website.

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Many events have been planned for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday which he celebrates this year.

For more details on the events, please see the 90th Celebration page.

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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the SA Human Rights Commission in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will host the Annual Human Rights Lecture and Roundtable Discussion.

The Lecture and Roundtable, to be facilitated by Mr Achmat Dangor, the NMF CEO, will reflect on how South Africans have progressed in translating into reality the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and South Africa’s Constitution.  It will also bring together a variety of key stakeholders, who it is hoped will share insights and ideas to inform programmes on translating the Universal Declaration and the Constitution into living documents.

Commissioner Bahame Tom Nyanduga, attached to the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and the African Union’s Special Rapporteur for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migration in Africa, will give the lecture.

The event will take place at the South African Human Rights Commission, Human Rights House, Cnr, St Andrews and York Streets, Parktown, Johannesburg.

Enquiries:
Vincent Moaga

SAHRC Media Relations Office – 073 562 9866

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46664 Concert on World AIDS Day, Johannesburg. For more information, visit 46664.com.

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The Nelson Mandela Foundation Board of Trustees meets biannually to execute their fiduciary responsibilities and confer with the Advisory Council of the Foundation. Trustees and Advisory Council members comprise of prominent South Africans personally appointed by Mr Mandela to help steer and guide his Foundation and act on his behalf when he is unable to do so.

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Mr Nelson Mandela was pleased when His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco agreed to host a major fundraising initiative in Monaco for the benefit of the charities closest to their hearts. On September 1-2, 2007, two historical fundraising events will take place in the Principality of Monaco: a private lunch at the prince’s palace for 10 select donors, followed by a gala dinner attended by 350 guests each contributing €3,500. All funds raised will benefit Amade Mondiale, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation. 

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To purchase your ticket to the gala dinner please email

A red carpet arrival of guests to the gala dinner on 2 September 2007 at Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, will be open to accredited media. To request accreditation, send details of your name, surname, media institution, and phone number to or call the Press Office of the Prince’s Palace at + 377 93 25 18 31.

For enquiries email the Nelson Mandela Foundation on .

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The Making Peace exhibition explores the relationship between two extraordinary leaders, Chief Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela, and the role of peacemaking in a South African context. 

Chief Luthuli was the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) when the organisation decided to embark on an armed struggle against the apartheid regime. Nelson Mandela was the ANC’s leader, three decades later, as the organisation negotiated a peace settlement with the regime. Both men won Nobel Peace Prizes.

President William J Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the exhibition in Mandela House, on July 19, 2007.

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The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture has been developed into a prestigious public lecture attracting some of the best intellectual voices in the world and adding to the larger public dialogue on critical social issues.

The Fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be delivered by former secretary-general of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, and a wide-ranging audience of about 1 500 guests will attend. There will be a live television broadcast to viewers throughout the African continent, on SABC Africa.

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Immediately following the launch of the Making Peace exhibition on July 19 at Mandela House, the Nelson Mandela Foundation will host “In Conversation with Bill Clinton”, a dialogue with President William J Clinton and senior members of the media.

President Clinton will be speaking on his Presidential Library and the importance of legacy as it relates to the Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue and sustaining Mr Mandela’s legacy.

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