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Albert Luthuli remembered at exhibition opening

A loving father and an ‘ordinary man’

19 July 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

JULY 19 2007 – Making Peace, an exhibition celebrating the legacies of Chief Albert Luthuli and Mr Nelson Mandela, opened today at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The opening was attended by Mr Mandela, President Bill Clinton, and an invited audience of about 180 dignitaries and media.

In Conversation with Bill Clinton

‘Our common humanity is more important than our interesting differences’

19 July 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

July 19, 2007 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted a dialogue today, in which former US President Bill Clinton argued there was an urgent need for people to recognise that they are more similar than different.

Ahmed Kathrada recalls Luthuli’s courage

Chief Luthuli embodied principles of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic South Africa

19 July 2007 |

JULY 19 2007 – Struggle stalwart Mr Ahmed Kathrada remembered the important role that Chief Albert Luthuli played in creating peace at an event organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation today, on the occasion of Mr Nelson Mandela’s 89th birthday.

Making Peace marks 40th anniversary of Albert Luthuli’s death

Address by Ahmed Kathrada on the occasion of the launch of the exhibition Making Peace

19 July 2007 |

JULY 19 2007 – On July 21, we will mark the 40th anniversary of the sudden death of Chief Albert Luthuli. Those of us who had the privilege of having known him personally and having worked with him, will remember him as a great human being, with a combination of qualities that single him out as one of the most outstanding leaders of our country. Chief Luthuli was a man of exceptional foresight, courage, dignity, compassion, and generosity of spirit.

Mr Kofi Annan to deliver Fifth Annual Lecture

Lecture will be televised in South Africa

18 July 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver the Fifth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg this evening.

South Africans can see the lecture broadcast live on SABC Africa at 4:30pm – 6:00pm (GMT+2).

Additionally,

• SABCNews.com will stream a live webcast at 5:00pm
• Safm will have a delayed transmission at 8:05pm
• SABC 2 will broadcast an edited version at 9:00pm

Making Peace Exhibition to be opened by Bill Clinton

The exhibition will be part of Madiba’s 89th birthday programme

18 July 2007 |

A new exhibition exploring the roles of Nobel Peace laureates Chief Albert Luthuli and Mr Nelson Mandela in making peace will premier at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. It is in recognition of the roles played by both men, their colleagues and comrades in achieving our freedom, that the Nelson Mandela Foundation salutes their lifelong work in this exhibition, Making Peace.

Fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

Mr Kofi Annan to speak in Johannesburg on July 22, 2007

18 July 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mr Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, will deliver the fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 22, 2007.

Nelson Mandela turns 89!

Mr Mandela’s birthday celebrated with launch of new website

17 July 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

It is no coincidence that the Nelson Mandela Foundation launches its new website on Mr Nelson Mandela’s 89th birthday. The Foundation’s website is a celebration of Mr Mandela’s life and experience – a gift in itself to many people around the world who share his values and beliefs.

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts veteran activists

Mr Mandela pays tribute to women’s sacrifices

30 May 2007 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

Four women who played major roles in the struggle shared their memories, ranging from organising the 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings to making bombs in the kitchen, with an invited audience at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on May 30, 2007.

Challenges around post-apartheid archiving tackled at conference

Nelson Mandela Foundation, National Archives and the University of the Witwatersrand host conference  

23 April 2007 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

On April 23 and 24, 2007, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in partnership with the National Archives and the University of the Witwatersrand, hosted a conference designed to reflect on the impact democratisation has had on South Africa’s archival landscape.