News – Press release

Live the legacy at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

From Sello Hatang, Chief Executive, Nelson Mandela Foundation

6 December 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release

In honouring the legacy of Tata Madiba at this time, the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory is open to the public as a place of memory-sharing and reflection on the Life and Times of Nelson Mandela.

With open arms we welcome you into our home, to pay your respects and share your tributes and contributions to recognising this great Statesman.

Arrangements for the laying to rest of former President Nelson Mandela

Issued by the Presidency

6 December 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release

Compatriots and friends around the world, we meet on the second day of the passing of our beloved founding President of a free and democratic South Africa, His Excellency Nelson Mandela.

Madiba honoured with official Opus

3 December 2013 | Category: Press release

Former South African president Nelson Mandela will be honoured with an official Opus, the definitive publication that will chronicle the life and times of the anti-apartheid icon, it was announced in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Nelson Mandela Opus set to amaze

3 December 2013 | Category: Press release

When Ryland Fisher embarked on the mammoth task of assembling the ultimate book on the life and times of former South African President Nelson Mandela in April, he was faced with the challenge of producing something different to anything that had been published before.

Thirty girls introduced to the life and times of Nelson Mandela

3 December 2013 | Category: Press release

The National Department of Higher Education and Training, and the Transport SETA, in conjunction with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, have taken learning to a new level with a unique educational interactive career guidance experience for 30 previously disadvantaged girls, selected from rural girls’ schools in all nine provinces.

Mandela Magic at the South African box office

3 December 2013 | Category: Press release

Following on its record opening day last Thursday, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom emerged as the highest-grossing film in South Africa this past weekend, earning R4 431 228 and outgrossing Schuks! Your Country Needs You, which earned R3 635 876.

Media invitation: Tiger Brands Mandela Day Food Parcel Project, Eastern Cape

Over 10 600 learners to receive much-needed food security over the December holidays

2 December 2013 | Category: Mandela Day, Press release

Following the success of Mandela Day food parcel project, Tiger Brands is distributing a further 10 620 food parcels to learners for the December school holiday period.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom breaks box office records: issued by Videovision

Film opens at number one in South Africa

29 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release

South African audiences have responded overwhelmingly to Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, resulting in the film opening at number one at the box office on Thursday.

Critics heap praise on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

27 November 2013 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Press release

South Africa’s most anticipated film, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will hit cinema screens throughout the country tomorrow (28 November 2013). The film has received rave reviews from a diverse range of critics in South Africa.

U2 and Anna Wintour host screening of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in New York

26 November 2013 | Category: Press release

On 25 November the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York was witness to a unique event when Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom had a screening hosted by super band, U2 and American Vogue’s Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour with the actors, Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, director Justin Chadwick and special guest, Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zenani in attendance.