News – Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Madiba’s life story published for children
Macmillan launches children’s version of Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom in celebration of International Literacy Week
9 September 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications
September 9, 2009 – To mark International Literacy Week, Macmillan in association with the READ Trust and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have launched a children’s version of Mr Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
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City of Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Foundation team up
Mandela Day initiative to help the homeless builds trust between community and emergency services
28 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Mandela Day
August 28, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue met with the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) today at the Foundation’s offices, to discuss working together for next year’s Mandela Day.
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Heritage and archive workers get new discussion forum
Nelson Mandela Foundation joins forces with UCT to launch new Archival Platform website
27 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 26, 2009 – A new website launched this month is the result of several years of planning between the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the University of Cape Town – the Archival Platform is a networking, advocacy and research initiative.
According to the Archival Platform website, its aim is to “facilitate dialogue and information sharing between professionals, academics and government employees in the heritage and archive sector”.
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Nelson Mandela congratulates South Africa’s athletics medal winners
Nelson Mandela today met South Africa’s winning athletes who have returned from the World Athletics Championships
26 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 26, 2009 – Nelson Mandela today congratulated South Africa’s athletes who won medals at the recent World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The men’s and women’s 800m gold medallists, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Caster Semenya, and long jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena met Mr Mandela in his office in Houghton.
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Nelson Mandela congratulates Ahmed Kathrada on 80th birthday
Political veterans and lifelong friends get together for lunch to celebrate ‘still going strong’
20 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 20, 2009 – On the eve of his 80th birthday, anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada lunched with Nelson Mandela at his Houghton, Johannesburg home today.
Kathrada, who has known Mr Mandela for 64 years, was joined by activist turned businessman Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the chairperson of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.
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Foundation bids farewell to Canadian intern
Intern says experience has helped her in her goal to develop records management and archives programmes within First Nations communities
18 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 18, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue has bade farewell to a Canadian intern who has spent her vacation working in its archive.
Victoria Hill’s three-month stint as a volunteer is part of an agreement with the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information.
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Mandela family artwork is to feature in an exhibition in Germany
The Mandela family has painted a piece of artwork to be used in an exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
17 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 17, 2009 – Some of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren showed him their artwork, which will form part of an exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Two Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture guest speakers receive prestigious award
US President names Professor Muhammad Yunus and Archbishop Desmond Tutu as medal of honour recipients
12 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
August 12, 2009 - US President Barack Obama recently named Professor Muhammad Yunus and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu as two of the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The US’s highest civilian honour, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the US, world peace and cultural or other significant public or private endeavours.
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Hillary Clinton visits Nelson Mandela
US Secretary of State calls on Mr Mandela during her tour of Africa
7 August 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Aug 7, 2009 – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a courtesy call on Nelson Mandela at his office in Houghton this afternoon before viewing his archival collections.
Clinton and Mr Mandela spent 30 minutes in private conversation before she toured the Nelson Mandela Foundation Centre of Memory and Dialogue, which she said later she had been “delighted” to do.
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Rivonia trialists get together again
Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid veterans watch a play about the trial
29 July 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
July 29, 2009 – Nelson Mandela was today reunited with the three other surviving accused in the Rivonia Trial, in which they were sentenced to life imprisonment 45 years ago.
Andrew Mlangeni, 84, Denis Goldberg, 76, and Ahmed Kathrada, 79, met Mr Mandela at his office in Houghton this afternoon.
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