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48th anniversary of Mr Mandela’s arrest: 5th August 1962
Foundation remembers sacrifices made by South African freedom fighters
4 August 2010 |
August 4, 2010 – As we mark the 48th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s arrest today, we would like to reiterate our call that to acknowledge the sacrifices of all those who brought about freedom in our country, people should try to “make every day a Mandela Day”.
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Nelson Mandela AIDS Day Concert scam
3 August 2010 |
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has learned of an online scam currently doing the rounds which claims that tickets to a Nelson Mandela AIDS Day concert are available online.
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Nelson Mandela Foundation accepts donation from SAP
Software solutions firm commits R1-million to support the Foundation’s work
2 August 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 2, 2010 – Today the Nelson Mandela Foundation accepted a generous donation of R1-million from business software solutions firm SAP.
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A series of interviews with Ariel Dorfman, speaker at the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
Radio interviews between Ariel Dorfman and journalist Angie Kapelianis
1 August 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
August 30, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 31, 2010, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
His talk entitled: “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile. Dorfman drew parallels with experiences shared by Nelson Mandela and South Africa as a whole during and after apartheid.
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Video of the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
The video of the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture by Ariel Dorfman
31 July 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 31, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered a thought-provoking lecture, the eighth in the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture series, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
His talk, entitled, “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile, drawing parallels with those of Nelson Mandela, and of South Africa as a whole, during and after apartheid.
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Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture: Ariel Dorfman talks about memory, justice and reconciliation
Dorfman encourages South Africans to keep talking and remembering the past to achieve reconciliation
31 July 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 31, 2010 – Critically acclaimed Chilean-American author, writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
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Ariel Dorfman delivers Eighth Nelson Mandela Foundation Annual Lecture: Reflections
Audience reflects on Dorfman’s lecture about memory
31 July 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 31, 2010 – The Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture took place at the Linder Auditorium at Wits University today. Guests were treated to a thought-provoking, emotional speech by writer, novelist, poet and revolutionary, Ariel Dorfman.
In his keynote speech, Dorfman spoke about the struggle for freedom in Latin America compared to that of South Africa.
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Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address
The Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address by Ariel Dorfman
31 July 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 31, 2010 –The Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address by Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman.
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Ariel Dorfman discusses protest theatre with prominent South African writers
The role of protest theatre went under the spotlight in a discussion between Ariel Dorfman, Nadine Gordimer and John Kani
31 July 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 31, 2010 – Last night, Ariel Dorfman joined Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer and respected playwright, director and actor John Kani at the Wits Theatre in Johannesburg for a discussion on the role of protest theatre in influencing history.
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Ariel Dorfman reads to children as part of his Mandela Day activities
World-renowned author reads to children for Mandela Day
30 July 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice, Mandela Day
July 30, 2010 –Yesterday Ariel Dorfman spent time at Bertrams Junior School reading to young learners as part of his Mandela Day commitments.
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