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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom breaks box office records: issued by Videovision
Film opens at number one in South Africa
29 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
South African audiences have responded overwhelmingly to Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, resulting in the film opening at number one at the box office on Thursday.
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Critics heap praise on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
27 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
South Africa’s most anticipated film, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will hit cinema screens throughout the country tomorrow (28 November 2013). The film has received rave reviews from a diverse range of critics in South Africa.
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U2 and Anna Wintour host screening of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in New York
26 November 2013 | Category: Press release
On 25 November the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York was witness to a unique event when Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom had a screening hosted by super band, U2 and American Vogue’s Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour with the actors, Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, director Justin Chadwick and special guest, Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zenani in attendance.
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#MandelaLWTF: The journey continues with a social media first
Join the conversation and live Tata’s legacy
26 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
With the long-awaited release of the autobiographical movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom on 28 November 2013, Gareth Cliff with #HandsAcrossSA, together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Ster Kinekor, are encouraging everyone in South Africa, and indeed the world, to see the movie and join in the conversation.
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Nelson Mandela Foundation facilitates Mandela Day social dialogue
A social conversation on mental health stigma with Gareth Cliff and Professor Jonathan Jansen
21 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Mandela Day
On 20 November 2013, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, together with Professor Jonathan Jansen, #HandsAcrossSA Ambassador Gareth Cliff, Tara Hospital and Headway, held a social dialogue on mental health stigmas, a critical social issue in our communities today.
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The Nelson Mandela Quotations Collection: Supporting South Africa's disadvantaged children
20 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
Nelson Mandela has become an icon for peace and reconciliation throughout the world. Many of his groundbreaking ideas were penned by hand during his imprisonment on Robben Island.
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President Jacob Zuma opens Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Multi-purpose public facility, interactive archive and dialogue venue
18 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
South African President Jacob Zuma opened the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, official home of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, on 18 November 2013. The official opening by President Zuma marks a significant period in our country’s history and reminds us of the 20th anniversary of our democracy to be celebrated in 2014.
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President Zuma visits former President Mandela: issued by the Presidency
18 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 18 November 2013, visited former President Nelson Mandela at home in Houghton, where he continues to recover. The health of the former President remains much the same as it was when President Zuma last visited him, which is stable but critical while Madiba continues to respond to treatment.
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President Zuma to open the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory: issued by the Presidency
16 November 2013 |
President Jacob Zuma will on Monday, 18 November 2013, officially open the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory public facility and the permanent exhibition on the life and times of former President Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
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Mandela movie's Idris Elba receives BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Humanitarian Award
11 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release
On the evening of 10 November 2013, Idris Elba, who plays Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, was awarded the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Los Angeles Britannia Humanitarian Award.
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