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Nelson Mandela honoured by FIFPro
July 3, 2009 – The worldwide representative organisation for all professional football players, FIFPro, honoured Nelson Mandela today at small ceremony at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in Johannesburg, in recognition of Mr Mandela’s contribution towards non-racism and peace and his commitment to football.
Receiving the award on his behalf was Foundation trustee Tokyo Sexwale.
Nelson Mandela visits Freedom Park
July 2, 2009 – Nelson Mandela today visited Freedom Park in Pretoria. This was Madiba’s first visit to the park.
In 1999 Nelson Mandela said “the day should not be far off when we shall have a people’s shrine, a freedom park, where we shall honour, with all the dignity they deserve, those who endured pain so we should experience the joy of freedom.”
He was describing Freedom Park, which he visited today.
Hunger for Freedom wins prestigious award
July 2, 2009 – Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela has won a Special Jury prize in the “Oscars” of food books from around the world.
The prize for the book, published by Jacana Media in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2008, was presented at the 14th Gourmand World Cook Book Awards ceremony in Paris, France yesterday evening.
Call to celebrate Mandela Day on July 18
June 29, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation and the 46664 campaign, in association with their sister organisations, have called for Mandela Day on 18 July to be recognised as an annual international “day of humanitarian action” in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy.
Mandela Day serves as a catalyst for each and every person around the world to realise that they have the ability to change it through small actions. We hope that this will lead to an international movement for good.
Mandela organisations plan work for Mandela Day
June 29, 2009 – The call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and its sister organisations to celebrate Mr Mandela’s birthday on July 18, as Mandela Day is gaining momentum with communities planning activities in different parts of the country.
Mandela Day is a global call to action for all people to follow in Mr Mandela’s footsteps by doing good in their own communities. This is in recognition of his decades of sacrifice for humanity.
Healing starts with understanding history
June 26, 2009 – The need for healing to overcome the divisions of the past emerged as the central concern at a community conversation in Atteridgeville, near Pretoria, on June 20.
Organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with the Sonke Gender Justice Network, the Jesuit Refugee Services, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, the National Children’s and Violence Trust, and the Somali Association of South Africa, the community conversation in Atteridgeville was the first of a series of community dialogues in Gauteng province to promote social cohesion in communities affected by violence and xenophobia.