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We remember Samora Machel

Death of selfless Mozambican president commemorated

20 October 2007 |

Oct 19, 2007 – Twenty-one years ago, on October 19, 1986, President Samora Moises Machel of Mozambique was killed when his plane, apparently off-course, smashed into a Lebombo hillside near Mbuzini in what is now Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Tribute to Oliver Tambo

Bust unveiled in London

20 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Oct 19, 2007 – A bust of the former African National Congress (ANC) president, the late Mr Oliver “OR” Tambo, was unveiled yesterday in London, in a park near the former home of Mr Tambo, his wife Adelaide and their family.

Bring it home, Boks!

Madiba’s message to Boks to be broadcast on SABC television

20 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Oct 19, 2007 — Former President Nelson Mandela is regrettably unable to accept the invitation from the Springboks to attend the Rugby World Cup Final in Paris tomorrow as he requires rest after recent travels. You can watch his video message to the Amabokoboko by clicking here. Or follow this link for media images.

Remembering Black Wednesday

Foundation honours journalists who have contributed to the struggle for freedom

16 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

This week, the 30th anniversary of Black Wednesday, we remember the role of the courageous journalists, newspapers, anti-apartheid organisations and activists targeted by the apartheid regime in 1977.

They sacrificed their freedom in their quest to inform the public about the realities of our country then; and in the struggle for democracy.

Archives and Justice

Transforming South Africa’s archives into tools for justice

8 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

Bringing South Africa’s archives out into the bright light of democracy is the mission of Mr Verne Harris, head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation and author of the recently published Archives and Justice – A South African Perspective.

Madiba and Chancellor Merkel meet

Chancellor Merkel on state visit to South Africa

6 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Mr Nelson Mandela met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his office in Johannesburg today.

Ms Merkel is on a two-day state visit to South Africa as part of her first tour of sub-Saharan Africa.

Madiba announces Johannesburg 46664 concert

HIV/AIDS awareness music concert to be held on December 1

1 October 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

A 46664 concert will be staged in Johannesburg on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007, Mr Nelson Mandela announced today.

The first 46664 concert, aimed at raising HIV/AIDS awareness, was held in Cape Town in 2003. Concerts in George, South Africa (2005), Madrid, Spain (2005) and Tromsø, Norway (2005) have followed.

The Johannesburg concert will be supported by the City of Johannesburg, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and 94.7 Highveld Stereo, a Johannesburg-based radio station.

Marking Heritage Day with a new picture of Mr Nelson Mandela

Please help us with any information you may have of this photograph

23 September 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

A Nelson Mandela Foundation archivist has discovered a photograph of Mr Nelson Mandela during his school years which could be the earliest photograph of him yet found.

It is thought that the photograph may have been taken when he was a student at Healdtown, the Wesleyan College in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape.

New comic released: President-in-waiting

Seventh comic in the eight-part series, now available

21 September 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Umlando Wezithombe Publishing have released the eagerly anticipated seventh comic in the eight-part Madiba Legacy Series.

We remember Steve Bantu Biko

Steve Bantu Biko died on 12 September 1977 at the hands of apartheid state operatives

11 September 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Thirty years ago Mr Steve Bantu Biko was brutally murdered. He was only 30 years old, a young man full of vision and promise. His death robbed our country and the world of a truly gifted leader.