The 2008 Annual Lecture Programme The programme from the 2008 Annual Lecture held at the Walter Sisulu square in Kliptown, Soweto, on July 12, 2008.
Galeshewe community conversation Aug 28, 2008 – “They were crying for help from me and I ignored them.” Words of anguish and regret…
Silence quietly shatters in Soshanguve Aug 27, 2008 – Breaking the silence by telling a roomful of people that you’re HIV-positive, in a community that…
Nelson Mandela meets with U-12 soccer team Aug 27, 2008 – Nelson Mandela today met young South African soccer champions from Bree Primary School in Mayfair, Johannesburg,…
Women unite to accept responsibility Aug 22, 2008 – Women need to empower one another, to raise themselves and society as a whole. This was…
Nelson Mandela statue unveiled in Cape Town Nelson Mandela, his family, friends and supporters, braved a downpour to witness the unveiling of a statue of him at…
Nelson Mandela Foundation warns of scam Fraudsters appear to contact people via an online promotion informing them that they are the lucky winners of a “NMF…
Online exhibition marks UDF anniversary Aug 20, 2008 – On this day in 1983, the United Democratic Front was formed to mobilise South Africans in…
KwaLanga community conversation Aug 18, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation held another event in the series of community conversations in KwaLanga on…
Convening the Mandela Archive August 8, 2008 – The memory resources documenting Nelson Mandela’s life and times are fragmented and geographically scattered, both within…
Kliptown community conversation August 8, 2008 – Despite some resistance from disaffected residents, a group gathers to learn from the past and plan…
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 takes cake to hospice August 4, 2008 – Shortly after receiving birthday cakes from Bafana Bafana and the Springboks (the South African soccer and…
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…
A musical celebration in honour of Madiba July 29, 2008 – Some of Africa’s best artists will perform at a special musical concert to be staged in…
Thaba Nchu community conversation July 28, 2008 – Close to 1 000 people living in the Free State’s Motheo District gathered at Moroka High…
Giyani community conversation July 28, 2008 – Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) Dialogue Programme community conversations series returned to Giyani for a second year…
Remembering resistance July 24, 2008 – A booklet recording the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s dialogue for apartheid-era trialists has been published. The surviving…
