Celebration of centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela by South African high commission in Jamaica. The high commissioner created a small exhibition of Nelson Mandela.
The South African National Defense Force and the National Air Force Orchestra celebrate Madiba's 85th birthday. People arriving with present, generals cooks and cakes.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) launch its first commemorative banknote series, in celebration of the first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela’s birth centenary. These notes cover all denominations – R10, R20, R50, R100 and R200. As part of the celebrations, the South African Mint, a subsidiary of the SARB, also issues a new commemorative circulation R5 coin.
Verne Harris receives the 2009 International Thurgood Marshall Breaking Barriers Award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) on behalf of Nelson Mandela. The handover event was held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg. Mr Sello Hatang is also present. The award can be found in the Nelson Mandela Awards Collection under # A0070.
Photographic prints of a traditional ceremony, possibly a maiden ceremony, in KZN. King Goodwill Zwelethini dressed in royal attire. Alf Kumalo and many other people in attendence. Bad quality prints.
Happy Science, a Tokyo-based international religious organisation, handed over a Mandela Day Container Library to Tshifudi Primary School in Tshifudi Village, Vhembe Municipality, Limpopo, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF). After the passing of Mr. Nelson Mandela, Happy Science established HS Nelson Mandela Fund as its internal fund in order to advance in the will of Mr. Mandela; aiming to nurture future leaders of the world and support people who cannot receive education due to poverty, or racial, gender and caste discrimination, people who are opposed by their government and people who cannot receive medical treatment.
The Nelson Mandela 5th Annual Lecture with Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel laureate. The focus of the Lecture was on the progress of Africa, that it needed to be balanced on three pillars: security, development and human rights.
Two children holding food and text printed on the photograph. The photograph is signed, possibly by the Executive Director the the UN World Food Programme (UNWFP).
Nelson Mandela conferred with the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters by the University of Massachusetts at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. A delegation of the University of Massachusetts came specifically to award the degree to Nelson Mandela
Newspaper article, entitled "Van mieliepap tot koekstruif", and accompanying photo of Jack Swart and others preparing a meal at the Drakenstein correctional facility.
Dialogue on how the presence of immigrants and refugees shaped the changes that had taken place in Yeoville (a suburb of Johannesburg) and how these significant events had shaped the community's capacities to resolve challenges.
