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Dialogue explains CCE methodology at SA AIDS conference

AIDS conference delegates quickly grasp the potential of the community conversations method

7 April 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

April 7, 2009 – How do we ensure that all the advances in science and all the available evidence on HIV/AIDS get through to communities in order to achieve the transformation they want?

This was the question that Mothomang Diaho, Head of the Dialogue Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, opened with at the fourth Southern African AIDS Conference in Durban last week.

Foundation presents schools dialogue plan

Education meeting reacts positively to proposal for learners to discuss human rights

6 April 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

April 6, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation got one step closer to launching its schools dialogue programme when it presented its plan at the Race and Values Inter-Provincial Network Meeting organised by the Department of Education in Pretoria on Thursday, April 2.

Have we dealt with our apartheid past?

Foundation convenes dialogue on memory and healing in a damaged society

27 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

March 27, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Memory Programme and the South African History Archive (SAHA) are convening a dialogue forum on the theme “Reconciliation and the Work of Memory in Post-apartheid South Africa”.
The purpose of the dialogue, organised in partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, is to determine the effectiveness of memory in the post-apartheid era in South Africa.

Promise of Leadership to be captured in coffee-table book

Foundation and South Africa: The Good News partner to create lasting record of dialogue

26 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 26, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation and South Africa: The Good News are producing a coffee-table book about the recent Promise of Leadership Dialogue, held in Johannesburg on March 20 and March 21, 2009.

The book seeks not just to capture the essence of the dialogue, but also to further the discussions by incorporating original writing by those who attended and by other thought leaders on the various session topics.

Foundation hosts aids2031 hyper-endemic pillar meeting

Meeting convened to discuss special issues paper Turning off the tap – looking forward to 2031

26 March 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

March 25, 2009 – Adopting a forward-looking approach to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa is key to curtailing the spread of the disease in the region.

This was the message when a small reading group of the hyper-endemic pillar of aids2031 gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on March 16 to discuss the paper, Turning off the Tap – Looking Forward to 2031.

Governor-General of Australia pays Mr Mandela courtesy call

Madiba meets dignitaries

24 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

March 24, 2009 – Quentin Bryce, AC, the governor-general of the Commonwealth of Australia who is on a tour of 10 African countries, paid a courtesy call on Mr Nelson Mandela at his office this afternoon. She was accompanied by her husband, Michael Bryce, and the High Commissioner of Australia, Ann Harrap.

Role of the media in moving Africa forward and vision for Africa in 2050 hotly debated

Lively end to first Promise of Leadership Dialogue

21 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 21, 2009 – The sixth session of the Promise of Leadership Dialogue was a fiery one, with participants hotly debating the role of the media in Africa, and perceptions of the continent in Africa itself and abroad, before the Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO Achmat Dangor wrapped up the conference with the seventh session, entitled "Africa 2050: Looking to the Future".

Promise of Leadership sessions focus on leaving a legacy in Africa

Morning sessions discuss the necessity of reflecting on the past in order to move forward

21 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 21, 2009 – Day two of the Promise of Leadership started with the Nelson Mandela Foundation's CEO Achmat Dangor asking people to reflect on the intense debates of yesterday and bear those in mind when debating today's topics.

Dangor said that it was of particular significance that the day's dialogue sessions, which focused on Africa's past and future, occurred on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on the annual Human Rights Day in South Africa.

Dialogue calls on young Africans to lead

Promise of Leadership meeting draws attention to mentorship and creating social value

20 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 20, 2009 – The purpose of the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Promise of Leadership Dialogue, which began today, was to discuss critical issues affecting our continent and determine the role of leadership in addressing these issues, said the event's facilitator, journalist Pat Pillai,

Not even a highveld thunderstorm, which caused a 15-minute power outage and flooded the entrance hall of the Helderfontein Estate, could dampen the delegates' enthusiasm for the discussions on the first day of the two-day event.

Paul Kagame encourages African leaders to make a difference

Rwandan president highlights the need for Africa to stand on its own feet

20 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 20, 2009 – Rwanda's President Paul Kagame opened the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Promise of Leadership dialogue today with a keynote address highlighting the need for leadership in Africa to tackle the challenges facing the continent.

Held at the Helderfontein Estate, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, the two-day dialogue aims to examine the role of leadership in addressing these challenges.