The Centre of Memory is where the Nelson Mandela Foundation works to further Nelson Mandela's legacy of dignity and freedom for all.
The year 2018 marks a major milestone in the incredible story of Nelson Mandela – his centenary. The Nelson Mandela Foundation plans to honour his legacy by building a base towards the future.
You are welcome to visit the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. This is where Mandela worked from the end of his presidency in 1999 to the end of his public service in 2004.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation with the Graça Machel Trust, Kuhluka Movement, and Zoleka Mandela Foundation will host an event as part of the "Remembrance period" to mark five years since Madiba’s passing and to recognize the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence.
With just over a month to go until the end of the year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation will be rounding off 2018 with two major events.
The Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run is set to host its biggest celebration yet on Sunday 9 December 2018 at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, as part of the Nelson Mandela centenary celebrations.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hosting a dialogue to unpack policies and broaden the discussion around proposed inclusive housing solutions for the City of Johannesburg.
On 31 October 1998 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), handed the Commission’s report to then-President Nelson Mandela. The TRC’s amnesty process would only be concluded in 2003, but under Mandela’s leadership government departments were required to study the TRC recommendations with a view to implementing them.
From the day of our arrest is the title of the artistic performance that prefaced the formal proceedings of the launch of the restored Rivonia Trial sound archive on the evening of 26 September 2018. The performance was specifically written and performed to coincide with the launch.
The Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run is set to host its biggest celebration yet on Sunday 9 December 2018 at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, as part of the Nelson Mandela centenary celebrations.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation, in collaboration with the Land & Accountability Research Centre, Plexus Films, Sunshine Cinema, the Bertha Foundation and the Hanns Seidel Foundation, invites you to a screening of 'This Land', followed by a dialogue.
To mark the important 100th birth year of Madiba the first dialogue will be a small conversational round table dedicated to 'Madiba the Lawyer', in which we unpack the ethics and values that characterised his life and profession and its relevance for reshaping the ethical character of the legal profession today.
In October of 1998 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), handed the Commission’s Report to then-President Nelson Mandela. On 4 October 2018 the Nelson Mandela Foundation (the Foundation) plans to mark the twentieth anniversary of this historic moment with an event aimed at accomplishing a number of objectives.
A special evening celebrating the fully restored Rivonia Trial sound archive.
Following the huge appeal of the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (NMAL) delivered by former US President Barack Obama in July this year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation will host a follow up dialogue on the Lecture.
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