News – Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Nelson Mandela Foundation lottery scam

12 May 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Foundation warns of scam claiming the recipient of the email has won money in a Nelson Mandela Foundation lottery draw.

90th Birthday Promotion scam

12 May 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

The Foundation would like to warn people about emailed certificates which claim that the recipient has won the 90th Birthday Promotion.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and 46664 call for the establishment of a global ‘Mandela Day’

28 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 28, 2009 – 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are calling on people around the world to support the creation of an official Mandela Day, to be held annually on July 18, Nelson Mandela’s birthday.

This celebration of Mr Mandela’s life will serve as a global call to action for people to recognise their individual power to help to change the world around them for the better.

Nelson Mandela meets top debaters

Learners from around Africa compete in prestigious tournament

21 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 21, 2009 – Nelson Mandela today met with the finalists and winners from the fourth annual African Schools Debating Championships (ASDC), which held its finals at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on Monday.

The week-long competition saw top debaters from South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Angola and Kenya pitting their skills against each other.

Foundation hosts young debating leaders

African Schools Debating Championships finals held at Foundation

20 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 20, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted the finals of the African Schools Debating Championships today.

The international championships, which include teams made up selected of students from a number of African countries, are held annually to bring together the top regional schools debating teams. The competition, organised by the South African Schools Debating Board, has two finals, one a debate open to schools from South Africa and the other a debate contested between national teams.

Foundation contributes to truth commission in Kenya

Kenyans and South Africans explore the documentary work of truth commissions

8 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 8, 2009 – On Saturday April 4 the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue co-convened, with the Goethe Institute, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the South African History Archive (SAHA), a workshop entitled “Truth, Reconciliation and Transparency in South Africa and Kenya – Lessons Learned”. The workshop was facilitated by former Foundation staffer Shadrack Katuu.

Foundation mourns the death of Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri

Minister’s contribution in transforming the country remembered

8 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 8, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation mourns the passing of Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri.

The Foundation remembers her role in the struggle for democracy in South Africa and her contribution towards transforming the country.

Debate gets a second wind

Dialogue explores justice, rights, race and power in post-apartheid South Africa

7 April 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

April 7, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Memory Programme, in association with the South African History Archive and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, held a two-day dialogue event last week which explored issues around reconciliation and memory in post-apartheid South Africa.

Over 100 people from civil society, government, academia, business and the memory sectors assembled to discuss the topic of memory and the themes of justice, rights, race and power.

Have we dealt with our apartheid past?

Foundation convenes dialogue on memory and healing in a damaged society

27 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

March 27, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Memory Programme and the South African History Archive (SAHA) are convening a dialogue forum on the theme “Reconciliation and the Work of Memory in Post-apartheid South Africa”.
The purpose of the dialogue, organised in partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, is to determine the effectiveness of memory in the post-apartheid era in South Africa.

Promise of Leadership to be captured in coffee-table book

Foundation and South Africa: The Good News partner to create lasting record of dialogue

26 March 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

March 26, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation and South Africa: The Good News are producing a coffee-table book about the recent Promise of Leadership Dialogue, held in Johannesburg on March 20 and March 21, 2009.

The book seeks not just to capture the essence of the dialogue, but also to further the discussions by incorporating original writing by those who attended and by other thought leaders on the various session topics.