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Message book has work to do
Collection of tributes will be used to raise funds so that the legacy continues
18 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 18, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) is to publish an authorised book of messages for Mr Mandela’s birthday.
The 90th birthday celebration book will include rare archival material assembled by the NMF’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue and will serve to raise funds for the NMF’s work.
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Happy Birthday, Madiba!
Foundation staff wish Madiba a happy 90th
17 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Birthday celebrations continue
Work party, rally, statue, concert ... and a surprise still to come
17 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 17, 2008 – After nearly six months of celebrations for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, ranging from exhibitions and dialogues to reunions with former comrades and the Annual Lecture delivered by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf last week, the activities will continue.
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Nelson Mandela comic book launched
Collection of 8 comics about Madiba’s life collated and published in hardcover
16 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 17, 2008 – Biographies are about great human beings, comic books are about heroes. And this is exactly what Nelson Mandela: the Authorised Comic is about – a hero.
Launched at the Department of Education in Pretoria yesterday, with Education Minister Naledi Pandor in attendance, the comic book tells the story of Madiba’s birth and childhood, his struggle against apartheid and oppression, his 27 years incarcerated in prison on Robben Island, and his eventual rise as the first democratically elected leader of South Africa.
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New stamps mark birthday
Post Office joins in 90th celebrations with special limited edition
15 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 15, 2008 – Nelson Mandela today officially received from the South African Post Office a new stamp series celebrating his 90th birthday.
The limited edition of two new stamps is available at all post offices throughout South Africa. The R2.05 postage stamp featuring a photograph of Mr Mandela taken by photographer Halden Krog will be used for domestic mail and the R4.09 stamp featuring a painting of Mr Mandela by Cyril Coetzee is for international postage.
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Work party to beautify school
Eastern Cape community to celebrate Madiba’s birthday by rolling up sleeves
15 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 15, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Institute (NMI), one of the four organisations established by Mr Mandela, is celebrating his birthday by organising a school work party in the Eastern Cape.
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New videos available on website
2008 Annual Lecture and short documentary now ready for viewing
14 July 2008 |
July 14, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has made two new videos available on our website; the full 2008 Annual Lecture broadcast and a brief documentary about Madiba’s life.
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Sixth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address
14 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
The Sixth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
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In conversation with Fatima Meer
Veteran activist Fatima Meer reminisces about Nelson Mandela and talks about poverty and leadership
12 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 13, 2008 – As part of an interview series to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s 90th year, Tara Turkington spoke to veteran activist and campaigner for the poor, Fatima Meer. She shared her opinions on a range of issues facing South Africa and the world today, including poverty, the limitations of the South African Constitution and her thoughts on present-day leadership.
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Audience receives Liberian president’s address warmly
Some thought speech ‘inspirational’, others ‘thought-provoking’
12 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
July 12, 2008 – Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf stressed the importance of transparent, accountable government and the need to fight corruption in Africa, in a wide-ranging address delivered as the 6th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Kliptown, Soweto, this afternoon.
“Africa is not poor, but poorly managed,” she said, but encouraged the audience of hundreds of invited guests to be positive about the continent’s future. But, she said, there was no stopping the African Renaissance. “The new Africa is at hand!” she said.
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