The author's memoir reflects the journey of a fellow traveller through a certain period of time - it is not about an individual but about the journey. Jacobs Dawie's journey will resonate with some, and perhaps not with others. The memoir connects with the fields of history that he ended up traversing. There is both humour and pain, two vital ingredients of life. An honest memoir should draw a smile as well as a tear.
Nelson Mandela with Robin Nagy of the City of London School and Eugene van As of SAPPI with donations of the Seminary School in Inanda, in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Mandela with Douw Steyn in his office, group photos including Graça Machel, and others.
Douw Steyn is a South African businessman who owns Auto and General Insurance and left South Africa in 1992 to launch the Budget Insurance group in London. He also owns Shambala Game Reserve in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Nelson Mandela in a red Doctor's gown, the Doctorate in Laws in his hands as well as group photos. The Honorary Doctorate of Laws if from the University of Dublin Trinity College.
The Ecumenical Monitoring programme was established to monitor South African events up to the National elections in 1994. In the collection there is a Joint Statement by Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the Royal Hotel in March 1 1994.
Graca Machel and Nelson Mandela, group photo with members of the first democratic parliament, Eddie Nair and others. ID of Eddie Nair as Peace Monitor during the first democratic elections.
Commonwealth leaders meeting / Lockerbie trial : Nelson Mandela has caused a controversy by siding with Colonel Gaddafi in the diplomatic wrangle over how to bring the Lockerbie bombers to justice. He has called for a fair trial in a neutral country for the two Libyans accuses of the attack.
This item consists of an envelope addressed to the legal firm of Pillay Seedat & Co. For security reasons, Judge Pillay had a family member mail an empty envelope to the firm. This precaution was taken to protect Mac Maharaj and Judge Pillay in the event of an interrogation by Security Police. The Judge could then say that he had received the documents from an unknown source through the post.
Collection of materials including: News clippings on the situation in South Africa in 1991 regarding, among others, ANC National working committee nominations, reports of spies within the ANC. Discussion document on structures and principles of a constitution for a Democratic South Africa. Press statements by the ANC. Statements by Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo during an ANC national conference held between second and 7th July 1991 in Durban, South Africa. ANC resolutions on various issues including strategy and tactics, building the ANC, violence, negotiations, and foreign policy. Correspondence with Jennifer Davis of the Africa Fund.
Nelson Mandela receiving the Freedom of the City of Cape Town on 27 November 1998; Nelson Mandela at a rally in Mitchells Plain, outside Cape Town ahead of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994; at an ANC rally in Cape Town; of the jackal skin kaross Mandela wore to his 1962 trial once and now as a bedcover at Mandela House museum, in Soweto and finally Mandela with his lawyer at his house in Soweto.
Mainly photos of Achmat Dangorand Nelson Mandela from Achmat Dangor's personal album. Except for one image of Nelson Mandela with Yasser Arafat and Muammar Gadaffi.
Photographs donated by Fatima M. Zein from Washington of her own portrait, 2 photographs of Zindzi Mandela and Alfred Nzo and of Mandela on a stage after receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Howard University (A0119).
Danny Jordaan, CEO of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Jerome Valcke, Secretary-General of FIFA and other FIFA officials visiting Nelson Mandela with the Trophy. Photographer Alf Kumalo with Mandela.
Photos of First Lady Michelle Obama meeting with Nelson Mandela in Houghton and with her daughters Sasha and Malia viewing archival documents with Graça Machel at the Foundation.
Nelson Mandela informing the people that the next president of South Africa is Thabo Mbeki. Press conference with Thabo Mbeki talks about experiences in South Africa.
Video on Monaco views, Hotel de Paris auction fundraising Gala dinner to benefit the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Childrens' Fund, the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and AMADE
A variety of Nelson Mandela photographs during his presidency including: Election campaigning in 1994, polishing his shoes aboard the presidential jet, with his son Makgatho, meeting wives of former South African leaders.
An early photograph of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, his release from prison, CODESA negotiations, his presidential years, visit to the USA and his funeral.
Three prints by and from George Hallett: (a) Mandela on the Election Trail, Athlone Stadium, April 1994 (b) Madiba at his Houghton Residence, April 1994 (c) Nelson Mandela, Cape Town 2000.
Nelson Mandela, John Samuels (then CEO of the NMF) with the girls, girls greeting Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Foundation staff, presentations by the girls in the canteen, Hugh Masekela.
The Nelson Mandela 5th Annual Lecture with Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel laureate. The focuse of the Lecture was on the progress of Africa, that it needed to be balanced on three pillars: security, development and human rights.
GR Naidoo family visits Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the GR Naidoo exhibition. The photos are of individual family members greeting Nelson Mandela, group photos, portraits of Nelson Mandela, and Nelson Mandela looking at sketches of himself and GR Naidoo.
1990s photographs of Nelson Mandela holding an impromptu press conference outside his house, 8115 Vilakazi Street in Soweto on 13 February 1990, Mandela attending the Convention for Democratic South Africa, riot police.
Nelson Mandela shortly after he was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president on 10 May 1994. A jubilant Mandela holding the hands of his predecessor FW De Klerk and his Deputy president Thabo Mbeki.
A broad spectrum of poets—including Tupac Shakur, Ntozake Shange, and Seamus Heaney—pay tribute to Nelson Mandela in this collection that stretches from Mandela’s imprisonment in 1963 to his 87th birthday in 2005. Nearly 100 poems from 25 countries reflect Mandela’s widespread influence, recognizing the passion he inspires and celebrating his legacy of antiapartheid actions.
South African cricket captain Hansie Cronjé presents Nelson Mandela with the County Bat when Mandela visited Newlands. The print is signed by Cronjé and Mandela.
Mandela's visit to Soesterberg, the Netherlands in a meeting with Captains of Industry and others. Meeting then Prince Claus, then Crown prince Willem Alexander and then Princess Maxima.
Group photos of Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton, Zindzi Mandela, Graça Machel and others in Mandela’s office; Hillary Clinton, Graça Machel and Verne Harris in the archive looking at materials.
