News
New contact details for the Nelson Mandela Foundation
February 19, 2010 – Please take note that the Nelson Mandela Foundation has changed its telephone number to:
+27 11 547 5600.
All other contact details remain the same.
City of Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Foundation team up
August 28, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue met with the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) today at the Foundation’s offices, to discuss working together for next year’s Mandela Day.
Nelson Mandela congratulates South Africa’s athletics medal winners
August 26, 2009 – Nelson Mandela today congratulated South Africa’s athletes who won medals at the recent World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The men’s and women’s 800m gold medallists, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Caster Semenya, and long jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena met Mr Mandela in his office in Houghton.
Mandela family artwork is to feature in an exhibition in Germany
August 17, 2009 – Some of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren showed him their artwork, which will form part of an exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Two Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture guest speakers receive prestigious award
August 12, 2009 - US President Barack Obama recently named Professor Muhammad Yunus and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu as two of the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The US’s highest civilian honour, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the US, world peace and cultural or other significant public or private endeavours.
Rivonia trialists get together again
July 29, 2009 – Nelson Mandela was today reunited with the three other surviving accused in the Rivonia Trial, in which they were sentenced to life imprisonment 45 years ago.
Andrew Mlangeni, 84, Denis Goldberg, 76, and Ahmed Kathrada, 79, met Mr Mandela at his office in Houghton this afternoon.
