Hand-over of Rivonia Trial Papers to the National Archives of South Africa and of the Kathrada/Rick Stengel Tapes with the interviews conducted for" Long Walk to Freedom" to the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
An opening of the Centre of Memory. Featuring Brad Pitt looking at the exhibition, Nelson Mandela arriving with Zelda la Grange, Nelson Mandela looking at the exhibition, Nelson Mandela and Nelson Mandela Foundation staff group photos, Ahmed Kathrada and Mac Maharaj looking at the exhibition ’Prisoner in the Garden’; Shots of archival materials, Donald Card and his wife.
Dialogue marking the occasion of Nelson Mandela meeting surviving former Treason and Rivonia Trialists. The Swedish Embassy participated in the dialogue.
Participation of the NMF in the Cape Town Book Fair held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) with presentations and visitors to the stand.
Dialogue on 'Archives at Crossroads' which was organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and co-convened with the National Archives and the Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project. Participants in the auditorium, NMF building and photos of the ‘Malibongwe’ exhibition. The dialogue was held over two days on 23 and 24 April.
Launch of the Digital archive Project with Google at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. People featured are Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, Paul Mashatile, Minister of Arts and Culture and Ahmed Kathrada.
Performance of the theatre play "Rivonia Trial" at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The perfomance was attended by, among others, Nelson Mandela, surviving Trialists, Graça Machel, George Bizos, Nadine Gordimer, Mrs Motsoaledi, AM Wolpe. Playwrigth Mondi Wami.
Peter Magubane donates his 3rd photo slide show to the NMF. The Nelson Mandela Foundation staff in photos are: Sahm Venter, Lee Davies, Razia Saleh, Zanele Riba, Lucia Raadschelders and Victoria Hill.
One Law, One Nation: Conversation on the Constitution for the 15th Anniversary of the Constitution. The panel consisted of Yvonne Mokgoro, the former Constitutional Court judge, Leon Wessels, former Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly, Wim Trengove QS, Lwando Xaso, former clerk of the Constitutional Court and the facilitator Nikiwe Bikitsha.
Dialogue between former combatants in the Balkans, Sarajevo. The organizers of the event were the Center for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade, Federal Foundation for the study of communist dictatorship, Archiv Bürgerbewegung Leipzig, Global Leadership Academy, and trips to Mostar and Sarajevo (Jablanica) tour on 8/9 June. Participants re: Dr. Anja Mihr (The Netherlands), Juriy Durkot (Ukraine), Verne Harris (South Africa), Chandre Gould (South Africa), Nenad Vukosavljevi? (Serbia) , Michael Parak (Germany) , Boro Kitanoski (Macedonia), Nicolas Moll (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ivana Franovi? (Serbia), Adnan Hasanbegovi? (Bosnia-Herzegovina); Vesna Terselic (Croatia), Abdullah Ferizi (Kosovo), Jan Wesseler/David Graf (Germany), Resource person: Mirsad Toka?a (Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo).
Dialogue “The Secret, the Taboo and the Disavowal: Hidden spaces in South Africa’s liberation history”. The Dialogue sessions marked the 10 years since the passing of the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
Launch of the new programme of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Life College Association (LCA) to develop an exclusive academic programme titled "Nelson Mandela – The Champion Within". The programme is based on the book "Conversations with Myself" by Nelson Mandela and on his extensive personal archive.
Series of three dialogues in partnership between GIZ and NMF. The first was held in South Africa in November 2013, the second in Cambodia in 5-8 March 2014, and the third in July 2014 in Berlin. 26 participants from 10 countries where invited to explore the role of memory and of archives in post-conflict and post-oppression scenarios.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Dialogue held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on the role of the European Union in global affairs, notably in its relations with Africa. The European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, former President F.W. De Klerk, and Prof. Njabulo Ndebele participated in the dialogue.
International Mandela Dialogues on Memory Work: ''Creating Safe Spaces Across Generations'', 2016 held in South Africa and Sri Lanka with participants from Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka as well as United States of America.
The 11th of February 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison. To commemorate the day, the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted three connected events in the Western Cape, all of which considered the "new Prisons of Africa" that have come to define life for many, and focus on how to achieve substantive liberation.
Lecture by Leymah Gbowee, peace activist, social worker, human rights advocate, and recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, with Author and Senior Lecturer in the Department of African Literature at the University of the WitwatersrandDanai Mupotsa and civil rights leader Opal Tometi.
