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Kathrada Collection grows at Mayibuye Archives
May 27, 2008 Archival treasures from the life and work of Ahmed Kathrada are emerging at the Mayibuye Archives in Cape Town.
Kathrada is a close comrade and confidante of Nelson Mandela. His boxes of archival material are in the custody of the Mayibuye Archives (Robben Island Museum) at the University of the Western Cape.
Nelson Mandela Foundation condemns violence
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is appalled at the violence directed at foreign nationals in various parts of our country.
“We join the rest of South Africa in deploring this violence. Whatever the underlying causes, they have to be addressed, but this senseless violence is not a solution,” said Achmat Dangor, the chief executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
School doors to open for Africa’s children
May 16, 2008 – Every third child in sub-Saharan Africa is denied the basic right to go to school and learn.
This statistic, from the United Nations Children’s Fund, is one that the Nelson Mandela Foundation, UNICEF and the Hamburg Society are trying to change with their Schools for Africa campaign.
A memorandum of understanding to consolidate this tri-party partnership was signed at Mandela House in Houghton, South Africa.
Stephen Hawking meets Nelson Mandela
May 15, 2008 – The world’s most famous scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking, met former President Nelson Mandela for the first time today.
Nelson Mandela receives Freedom of the City of Tshwane
May 13, 2008 - Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of the City of Tshwane from Executive Mayor Gwen Ramakgopa this morning at Mandela House in Johannesburg.
Footage of the ceremony was beamed live to a public event at Church Square in Tshwane and to the Tshwane City Hall.
A fresh look at the future of AIDS
April 17, 2008 – The year 2031 will mark the passage of 50 years from the first report of AIDS, and an international consortium of partners called aids2031 has been formed to look at what can be done now to change the face of the pandemic by that time.
The number of people living with HIV continues to rise despite all the interventions of the past 25 years. For every one person who gets treatment, there are three to four new infections. Some countries considered to be early “success” stories are starting to see new increases in HIV.