As Nelson Mandela lived and worked under the unjust system of apartheid, his desire for freedom grew. South Africa separated people by races, oppressing the country’s non-white citizens with abusive laws and cruel restrictions. Every day filled Mandela with grief and anger. But he also had hope—hope for a nation that belonged to everyone who lived in it.
From his work with the African National Congress to his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his extraordinary rise to the presidency, Nelson Mandela was a rallying force against injustice. This stirring biography explores Mandela’s long fight for equality and the courage that propelled him through decades of struggle. Illustrated in the bold, bright colours of South Africa, A Plan for the People captures the spirit of a leader beloved around the world.
Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday celebration ; Video message recorded for usage by SA Embassies abroad for celebrations of the Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday
South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and today stands on a precipice once again. This book explores the country's tumultuous journey from the Second Anglo-Boer War to 2021. Drawing on diaries, letters, oral testimony and diplomatic reports, Thula Simpson follows the South African people through the battles, elections, repression, resistance, strikes, insurrections, massacres, crashes and epidemics that have shaped the nation.
Tracking South Africa's path from colony to Union and from apartheid to democracy, Simpson documents the influence of key figures including Jan Smuts, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, P.W. Botha, Thabo Mbeki and Cyril Ramaphosa. He offers detailed accounts of watershed events like the 1922 Rand Revolt, the Defiance Campaign, Sharpeville, the Soweto uprising and the Marikana massacre. He sheds light on the roles of Gandhi, Churchill, Castro and Thatcher, and explores the impact of the World Wars, the armed struggle and the Border War. Simpson's history charts the post-apartheid transition and the phases of ANC rule, from Rainbow Nation to transformation; state capture to 'New Dawn'. Along the way, it reveals the divisions and solidarities of sport; the nation's economic travails; and painful pandemics, from the Spanish flu to AIDS and Covid-19.
Video about Sanlam Ubuntu/Botho presentation to the Nelson Mandela Foundation with a donation of R3 million and an uBuntu/Botho award to Mr Nelson Mandela. Sanlam chair persons Mr Roy Andersen and Mr Patrice Motsepe, Sanlam CEO Dr Johan Van Rooyen. Traditional leaders Kings Ngcamashe and Ndamase, Chiefs Sigcau, Moloto, Suping and Ngwekazi
Nelson Mandela thanks the Nelson Mandela friends in the Netherlands on behalf of the Children’s fund. Madiba ask people to join the children's fund and mentions that by helping the children’s fund they are helping children to secure human rights and education.
Madiba mentions the specific work done by the three Mandela charities namely, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and Mandela Rhodes Foundation. Nelson Mandela then urges Prince Albert and Princess Caroline of Monaco to continue the work and memory of Princess Grace by protecting and promoting children's rights globally.
Proceedings of Nelson Mandela meeting Bafana-bafana before the start of the 2010 world cup in South Africa. In the video there is Zenani Mandela jnr, Sahm Venter, Sello Hatang welcomes Nelson Mandela and asks the Capatain Aaron Mokoena to introduce the players. Staff of the Nelson Mandela Foundation singing Boniswa Qabaka, Jill Phillips, Lee Davies, Joe Ditabo, Mmamosa Magile, Denise Williams, Heather Henriques, Kerileng Marumo, Buyi Sishuba, Dudu Buthelezi .
Funeral proceedings of the of little Zenani Zanethemba Nomasonto Mandela held at St Stithians College. Mandela family from right to left – Nelson Mandela Graca Machel, child, Casey Moyo the late Zenani jnr Mandela’s dad, Zoleka Mandela Zenani jnr Mandela’s mother , Zindzi Mandela grandmother of Zenani jnr Mandela, Winnie Mandela great grandmother of , and Zenani Mandela sister to grandmother Other places in the church Kweku Mandela, Mandla Mandela, Andile Mandela, Ndileka Mandela, Ziyanda Manaway and Tukwini Mandela Zaziwe Mandela, Ndaba Mandela, Josina Machel, Luvuyo Mandela Choirs Imilonji ka-Ntu, Soweto Gospel choir and St Stithians choir.
Nelson Mandela mentions that he is pleased and honoured by the call for the annual Mandela day and mentions that Mandela day should not be a holiday but a day devoted in serving. He also thanks people for participating in Mandela day.
Thank you message to President Clinton, Richard Branson and Youso n dor for their support in Mandela.
