News
Companies can help beat HIV/AIDS
Employees should be encouraged to test regularly
18 December 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
Dec 18, 2007 – Companies in the private sector can do more to assist in the management of the AIDS epidemic. This was the message Dr Mothomang Diaho, head of the Dialogue Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, conveyed recently at Personal Finance/Discovery Health Focus seminars.
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Unity in divisions
A new film tells the story of how Robben Island prisoners ran a football league
10 December 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Dec 13, 2007 – Football on Robben Island was not just a way of passing jail time. It was an exercise in discipline, teamwork and resistance.
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Towards dignity and justice
Celebrating 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
7 December 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
Dec 7, 2007 – In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the SA Human Rights Commission in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will host the Annual Human Rights Lecture and Roundtable Discussion.
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‘It’s in our hands’ - Middelburg youth highlight HIV/AIDS issues
46664 Peer-To-Peer Community Dialogue Programme engages youth in small towns across South Africa
1 December 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice
Dec 1, 2007 – It’s 1pm and about 30°C in Mhluzi, a township just outside the coal-mining town of Middelburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. People melt into St Peter’s Lutheran Church, ushered in by the loudhailers of the local police announcing an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in the area as well as by promotional inserts on the local radio station, Greater Middelburg FM (GMFM). The Middelburg event is the third event in a series of community dialogues funded by the Nelson Mandela Foundation leading up to the 46664 concert on December 1, World AIDS Day.
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Children at the centre
Clarens dialogue shares insights into how schools can care for vulnerable children
28 November 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
Nov 28, 2007 – The needs of children were firmly at the centre of discussions at a dialogue convened by the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) in Clarens, Free State, on Monday.
Representatives of government, civil society, schools and communities talked about how schools could care for children made vulnerable by poverty, HIV/AIDS and other causes.
Racist rumours should be ignored
A hoax designed to undermine the bedrock of non-racism
27 November 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Nov 27, 2007 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation continues to receive inquiries from people concerned about rumours claiming that there is a plan to kill white people in South Africa after Mr Nelson Mandela passes on. Some of the inquiries are motivated by genuine concern. Others border on the manipulative.
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Lessons from caring schools
Clarens dialogue to strengthen ‘caring school model’
21 November 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
Nov 21, 2007 – On November 26, 2007, the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) will convene a multi-stakeholder dialogue in Clarens, Free State. This will bring together representatives from government, civil society, schools and the community to share lessons on implementing a caring school model for orphans and vulnerable children.
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‘Deepest fear’ quote not Mr Mandela’s
US author Ms Marianne Williamson’s words often wrongly attributed
9 November 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice
Nov 9, 2007 – Mr Nelson Mandela is an often quoted individual; his inspirational words are often referred to in numerous publications, television and radio broadcasts, and online. However, a quote commonly attributed to Mr Mandela was in fact never uttered by him.
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A clearer picture
Information comes to light on Madiba photo
7 November 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Nov 7, 2007 – This photograph of Mr Nelson Mandela has been published many times but it is only now that information about it has become available.
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Memorialising Tanzania’s founders of the nation
Foundation meets with Tanzanian government in Dar es Salaam
30 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Oct 30, 2007 – Representatives from the Nelson Mandela Foundation recently visited Tanzania to share ideas and experiences with government officials on how to preserve the legacy of Tanzania’s founders of the nation.
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