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Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture dialogue: “The Challenge of Science in Building Democracy”
22 July, 2011 – Friday evening’s panel discussion and dialogue at the Nelson Mandela Foundation grappled with the topic, “The Challenge of Science in Building Democracy”.
Prof Ismail Serageldin speaks at the University of Johannesburg
22 July, 2011 – Harmonies of the University of Johannesburg Choral Group filled the Conference Hall at the Soweto Campus to welcome Professor Ismail Serageldin’s presentation entitled “In Conversations with Youth – the Shape of Tomorrow. The seven pillars of the knowledge revolution.”
Prof Ismail Serageldin meets with the press at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
21 July, 2011 – Professor Ismail Serageldin, Director of Egypt’s Library of Alexandria and official speaker for this year’s Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, addressed members of the press at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) today. He was accompanied by NMF Trustee Dr Mamphela Ramphele and NMF Chief Executive Achmat Dangor.
Sensational singers set to entertain at 2011 annual lecture
20 July, 2011 — Listening to the vocal collaborations of Christopher Vale, Katleho Mogase and Phenye Modiane is sure to bring on goose bumps. These talented musicians, each at different stages of their respective degrees at the University of Pretoria, will be led by Paul Ferreira on piano and provide entertainment at the ninth annual lecture at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Professor Ismail Serageldin to deliver this year’s Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
7 July, 2011 – The Director of the Library of Alexandria, Professor Ismail Serageldin, who witnessed the beginning of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, will deliver this year’s Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, which will focus on Pluralism, Cohesion and Social Participation for a Just Society.
A series of interviews with Ariel Dorfman, speaker at the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
August 30, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 31, 2010, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
His talk entitled: “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile. Dorfman drew parallels with experiences shared by Nelson Mandela and South Africa as a whole during and after apartheid.
