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The Nelson Mandela Foundation through the Centre of Memory and Dialogue contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the values, vision and work of our Founder.
The Dialogue Programme promotes and facilitates dialogue around critical social issues within communities and between communities, business, policy makers and the media.
The Memory Programme is an integrated information resource on the life and times of Nelson Mandela, facilitating global access to the public, to scholars, and fellow memory institutions.
PROGRAMME
February 2010 marks 20 years since the apartheid regime unbanned the African National Congress and other liberation movements, and then released Nelson Mandela from prison unconditionally.
As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release let us do so with a renewed commitment to working hard for South Africa’s democratic future, and remembering where we come from.
This year the Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue will be involved in a number of projects.
View the full programme of the Centre of Memory and Dialogue's plans for 2010
RECENT NEWS
Film festival commemorates Nelson Mandela’s release from prison
February 9, 2010 – Twenty years after Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, a free man, the historical significance of that dramatic day in February 1990 is being remembered in a film festival in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
President Nelson Mandela’s career in newspaper cartoons
February 9, 2010 – February 11, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. As one of modern history’s most famous leaders, his career has, for decades, been the subject of many an editorial cartoon.
RECENT NEWS
Two community dialogues to celebrate the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release
February 8, 2010 – Thursday February 11, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of Mr Mandela’s release from 27-and-a-half years’ imprisonment.
Foundation shares Community Capacity Enhancement methodology
February 3, 2010 – Since 2008, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has been using the Community Capacity Enhancement (CCE) methodology as the basis for its community conversations and has trained a cadre of facilitators from the community in this methodology.
RECENT NEWS
Foundation marks 25 years since Nelson Mandela rejected PW Botha’s offer of conditional release
February 9, 2010 – Twenty-five years ago, on February 10, 1985, Nelson Mandela announced to the world his rejection of, then South African President, PW Botha’s offer of conditional release.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela prison-related abridged chronology
February 9, 2010 – To condense all of Nelson Mandela’s achievements into one chronology would be impossible; as a result, below you will find a brief chronology of important events relating to Mr Mandela’s imprisonment.
