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The lost letter
Delivery sparks memories 37 years later
Madiba's lost letter finally finds its recipient
July 22, 2008 – In May 2008, Ruth Muller, one of the Nelson Mandela Foundation archivists working with Mr Mandela’s personal papers, came across a letter, dated January 1971, in a book of “Family Correspondence” and addressed to “Nomvula”.
At the bottom of the hand-written letter (which would have been written out in the book before it was re-written on letter paper and sent – via the Robben Island authorities) was the name and address of the intended recipient:
Miss Joyce Sikakane
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Madiba’s birthday message
Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday today by calling on the wealthy to share with the less fortunate. Read more »
Message book has work to do
Collection of tributes will be used to raise funds so that the legacy continues. Read more »
Birthday celebrations continue
Work party, rally, statue, concert ... and a surprise still to come. Read more »
Nelson Mandela comic book launched
Collection of 8 comics about Madiba’s life collated and published in hardcover. Read more »
New stamps mark birthday
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Work party to beautify school
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“We watched our children growing without our guidance and when we did come out, my children said, “We thought we had a father and one day he’d come back. But to our dismay, our father came back and he left us alone because he has now become the father of the nation.”
– Mr Nelson Mandela. At the wedding of Zindzi Mandela 1992. Long Walk to Freedom, p720.
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