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Centre of Memory awarded grant from National Lottery
31 July 2012 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory is grateful to have been awarded an R11.8-million grant by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), under its heritage institutions programme, for the refurbishing of the Centre’s Johannesburg premises.
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Event lineup for the Tenth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture announced
26 July 2012 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
The Tenth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be delivered by Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice. She served as President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.
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Mandela airtime scam on Twitter
Fraudulent Twitter accounts solicit airtime donations for Madiba
23 July 2012 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
A scam currently doing the rounds on Twitter sees numerous fake Twitter accounts tweeting requests for airtime donations for Nelson Mandela.
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International Nelson Mandela Day Build Week
Thank you South Africa
23 July 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
Hundreds of South Africans responded to Habitat for Humanity’s call to join them in the quest to build 67 houses across the country. The initiative, Habitat for Humanity’s International Nelson Mandela Day Build Week, saw houses being built to commemorate International Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July.
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Statement by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Mandela Day 2012
19 July 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
The greatest gift our nation could possibly give uTata Nelson Mandela for his 94th birthday this week would be to emulate his magnanimity and grace.
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Nelson Mandela celebrating his 94th birthday with members of his family
18 July 2012 |
Nelson Mandela today celebrated his 94th birthday with members of his family at his home in Qunu.
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Former US President Bill Clinton pays a visit to former President Nelson Mandela
17 July 2012 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Former US President Bill Clinton today paid a visit to former President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape, to wish him a happy 94th birthday for tomorrow, 18 July 2012.
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Birthday gift to perpetuate Madiba's legacy
17 July 2012 |
Film producer Anant Singh, currently in production on the only official film based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom together with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory announced on the eve of Mandela Day the production’s involvement in perpetuating the legacy of Madiba and Mandela Day.
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51-year-old Black Pimpernel interview found
Journalist recalls historic interview with Nelson Mandela
17 July 2012 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Fifty-one years after he conducted the last print interview with Nelson Mandela before his arrest, South African journalist Peter Hazelhurst has received the missing article.
On 14 May 1961 the Sunday Express journalist published an interview with South Africa’s most wanted man – Nelson Mandela who had been underground since early April 1961.
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Beware of scam in poorly worded email
12 July 2012 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has been made aware of a new scam, which involves a very poorly written email where the sender claims to be incensed by another email asking for money on behalf of the Centre of Memory.
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