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Liberian president shares reflections on leadership with top South African women

Graça Machel, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and others breakfast with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

11 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

July 11, 2008 – Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf spoke of women’s ability to build peace and a better Africa if they worked together, at a breakfast for women leaders in business and government in Johannesburg this morning.

And wife of Mr Nelson Mandela, Mrs Graça Machel, called on the women present to commit themselves to working together with women from Liberia to rebuild that country’s ruined economy.
The breakfast was hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Mrs Machel, and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), where it took place.

Liberian president praises Madiba, criticises Zimbabwe

Africa’s first woman president says her priority is maintaining peace

10 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

July 10, 2008 – Africa’s first elected female head of state described Nelson Mandela as “Africa’s greatest hero” today.

Speaking at a press conference at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said that she had been inspired by Mr Mandela’s ability to lead and motivate others.  She was moved by his capacity for displaying compassion in the true spirit of truth and reconciliation. “I even admire the fact that he still exercises,” she said.

SAP donates to the Nelson Mandela Foundation

SAP donates R1-million towards the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

10 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

July 9, 2008 – SAP, a long-standing funder of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, today gave R1-million towards the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. This is part of a three-year commitment to the Foundation, an overall donation of R3-million.

SAP has also generously committed €20 000 towards development in the Kliptown community, where the lecture will be held this year.

Annual Lecture programme announced

Liberian President will enjoy a packed schedule of events in and around Johannesburg

8 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

July 9, 2008 – The Sixth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be held this Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Kliptown, Soweto. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is the keynote speaker.

The annual event is considered the highlight of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s calendar programme. Previous speakers include South African President Thabo Mbeki, former United States President Bill Clinton, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Nobel Laureates Prof Wangari Maathai and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

Fellowship and freedom

New book tells the Mandela story in meals

7 July 2008 |

July 7, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Jacana Media launched Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela at a sumptuous banquet outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Saturday, July 5.

Books of life

Writers discuss the role of South African biography in understanding our pasts

2 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

July 2, 2008 – Whose life story is it anyway? The forces that shape people’s biographies, and the way these stories help us understand our past, were some of the topics discussed when the Nelson Mandela Foundation held a dialogue forum at the recent Cape Town Book Fair.

Mhluzi community conversation

Lost lives are remembered, stories unfold and the community makes a commitment.

1 July 2008 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

July 1, 2008 – The NMF Centre of Memory and Dialogue’s second community conversation on HIV prevention took place in Mhluzi on June 3, 2008. This series of 11 conversations continues work that was started in 2007, providing communities with the opportunity to talk about and tackle the epidemic.

Nelson Mandela concert offered music, recruited new warriors

Concert fan went to accept a charge from Madiba

1 July 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

July 1, 2008 – Rochelle Riley was one of the 46 664 fans who flocked to the 46664 concert in Hyde Park on Friday night. For her, the experience was highly entertaining, but also inspirational.

Read her blog post on the concert, published in the Detroit Free Press, and republished here in part, with permission.

Nelson Mandela addresses crowd at 46664 concert

Madiba thanks London

28 June 2008 |

June 28, 2008 – On Friday night Nelson Mandela addressed the 46664 concert goers in Hype Park, London.

He spoke briefly about poverty, sickness including AIDS, and oppression.

His short speech follows below.

46664 concert a huge success

Madiba moves crowd of nearly 50 000 people

28 June 2008 |

June 27, 2008 – Friday night’s 46664 concert in Hyde Park, London, was a huge success with top international and South African artists playing to a sold-out audience.

With 46 664 tickets up for grabs American hip-hop legend Will Smith and his famous wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, hosted arguably the biggest birthday celebration ever.