Convening the Mandela Archive August 8, 2008 – The memory resources documenting Nelson Mandela’s life and times are fragmented and geographically scattered, both within…
Madiba enjoys children’s cards August 5, 2008 – Nelson Mandela took time today to view an exhibition of some of the thousands of hand-drawn…
Nelson Mandela addresses ANC rally to celebrate his 90th birthday President of the African National Congress, Comrade Jacob Zuma President of the Republic of South Africa, Comrade Thabo Mbeki Leadership…
Mail bag full of birthday cards August 1, 2008 – A group of 20 of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s staff has been sorting through hundreds of…
Foundation comments on draft secrecy legislation July 31, 2008 – Parliament’s public hearings on government’s draft Protection of Information Bill began this week. The Foundation’s Memory…
Remembering resistance July 24, 2008 – A booklet recording the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s dialogue for apartheid-era trialists has been published. The surviving…
The lost letter July 22, 2008 – In May 2008, Ruth Muller, one of the Nelson Mandela Foundation archivists working with Mr Mandela’s…
Madiba’s birthday message July 18, 2008 – Mr Mandela gave this message to the world: “There are many people in South Africa who…
Message book has work to do July 18, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) is to publish an authorised book of messages for Mr Mandela’s…
Birthday celebrations continue July 17, 2008 – After nearly six months of celebrations for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, ranging from exhibitions and dialogues…
Nelson Mandela comic book launched July 17, 2008 – Biographies are about great human beings, comic books are about heroes. And this is exactly what…
New stamps mark birthday July 15, 2008 – Nelson Mandela today officially received from the South African Post Office a new stamp series celebrating…
Work party to beautify school July 15, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Institute (NMI), one of the four organisations established by Mr Mandela, is celebrating…
Kliptown Concerned Residents plan to deliver memorandum July 12, 2008 – A civil society group called the Kliptown Concerned Residents is planning to deliver a memorandum today…
Madiba enjoys a quiet lunch with old friends and comrades July 11, 2008 – As his 90th birthday approaches, Nelson Mandela is engaged in an increasing number of birthday-related events…
SAP donates to the Nelson Mandela Foundation July 9, 2008 – SAP, a long-standing funder of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, today gave R1-million towards the Nelson Mandela…
Books of life July 2, 2008 – Whose life story is it anyway? The forces that shape people’s biographies, and the way these…
Nelson Mandela concert offered music, recruited new warriors July 1, 2008 – Rochelle Riley was one of the 46 664 fans who flocked to the 46664 concert in…
Nelson Mandela speaks out about Zimbabwe June 26, 2008 – A specially erected marquee in the heart of London’s Hyde Park was the unique and splendid…