News – Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Nelson Mandela celebrates the 20th anniversary of his release

Mr Mandela gathers with family, friends and comrades

10 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

February 10, 2010 – Days before the 20th anniversary of his release from prison, Nelson Mandela attended an intimate gathering at his Johannesburg home with family, friends and comrades.

Foundation marks 25 years since Nelson Mandela rejected PW Botha’s offer of conditional release

Mr Mandela’s response to Botha was announced to the world at a rally in Soweto

9 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

February 9, 2010 – Twenty-five years ago, on February 10, 1985, Nelson Mandela announced to the world his rejection of then South African President PW Botha’s offer of conditional release.

Film festival commemorates Nelson Mandela’s release from prison

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg to showcase award-winning films and raw footage of the day of Mr Mandela’s release

9 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

February 9, 2010 – Twenty years after Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, a free man, the historical significance of that dramatic day in February 1990 is being remembered in a film festival in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

President Nelson Mandela’s career in newspaper cartoons

An online cartoon exhibition is launched to mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison

9 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

February 9, 2010 – February 11, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. As one of modern history’s most famous leaders, his career has, for decades, been the subject of many an editorial cartoon.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela prison-related abridged chronology

A brief, prison-related chronology of Nelson Mandela’s life

9 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

February 9, 2010 – To condense all of Nelson Mandela’s achievements into one chronology would be impossible; as a result, below you will find a brief chronology of important events relating to Mr Mandela’s imprisonment.

Political prisoners’ retrospectives ahead of 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release

The New York Times publishes a collection of political prisoners’ comments on Mr Mandela’s release

8 February 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

February 8, 2010 – As we mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, we have been moved by articles, written by former political prisoners from around the world, about what Mr Mandela’s release meant to them.

Opening of Parliament to celebrate 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release

Foundation focuses on public education to mark 20th anniversary

26 January 2010 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

January 26, 2010 – Thursday, February 11, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release, after having been imprisoned for 27-and-a-half years.

Foundation staff visit city renewal projects

Foundation staffers see urban renewal improvements by the Johannesburg Development Agency

21 December 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

December 21, 2009 – Members of staff at the Nelson Mandela Foundation went on a special tour of Johannesburg on Friday. Organised by the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), with which the Foundation enjoys a close relationship, the tour gave some of the Foundation’s staff a glimpse of ongoing urban renewal projects.

Foundation warns public of email scams

Email scams fraudulently aim to solicit money in the name of the Foundation

18 December 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

December 18, 2009 – We would like to warn the public of the emergence this week of at least two email scams in the name of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. We have engaged the authorities in relation to both scams and the perpetrators will be brought to book.

Foundation alerts public to another scam

18 December 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

The Nelson Mandela Foundation would like to alert the public to another scam that claims to come from the Foundation.