Tutu welcomes Mandela Day support
News from The Scottish Government Archbishop Desmond Tutu has today sent a video message to the people of Scotland welcoming plans to mark Mandela Day – the annual international day in honour of Nelson...
View ArticleMandela Day- Nelson Mandela is 94 on 18 July 2012
Nelson Mandela’s birthday has been designated by the UN as Mandela Day internationally. The suggestion from the Nelson Mandela Foundation is that on Mandela Day each year people take action to help...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: In a serious but stable condition, receiving intensive care...
Nelson Mandela, often referred to in South Africa by his clan name, Madiba was admitted to hospital on Sunday for the third time this year. He is being treated for a recurrent lung infection. Nelson...
View ArticleNelson Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’
BBC NEWS Nelson Mandela is “responding better” to treatment in hospital, President Zuma says. Mr Zuma told parliament he was happy with the progress being made by Mr Mandela after a “difficult few...
View ArticleMandela turns 95 in hospital
BBC Nelson Mandela is spending his 95th birthday in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his honour. Mr Mandela, who is in critical but stable condition...
View ArticleThe World celebrates International Nelson Mandela Day
Today, 18 July is International Nelson Mandela Day. It is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday. All over the world people will be marking it by devoting time to helping others. (A minimum of 67 minutes is...
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The three surviving “lifers” from the Rivonia Trial to be honoured in London
The “Rivonia” trial of 1963/64 in South Africa was the trial in which Nelson Mandela and his comrades were put on trial for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid state through sabotage. Nelson Mandela...
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South Africa celebrates 26th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison
On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years. Mandela and his then wife, Winnie (pictured below) were greeted outside Victor Verster prison by huge crowds of...
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Nelson Mandela International Day
On Monday 18 July, Nelson Mandela would have been 98 years old. Nelson Mandela International Day was launched in recognition of Nelson Mandela’s birthday on 18 July, 2009 via unanimous decision of the...
View Article5 December: 3rd anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death
Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013, aged 95. On the third anniversary of Mandela’s death, his grandson and ANC MP Zwelivelile Mandela has called on leaders in South Africa to recommit themselves to...
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