Proceedings of Nelson Mandela meeting Manchester United soccer players and officials at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on his 88th birthday. Nelson Mandela receives a gift of a red Manchester United signed t-shirt in front and written Mandela 88 at the back.
Video on Nelson Mandela received an early birthday present: a cheque for R3-million from the Sanlam Ubuntu-Botho empowerment partnership.The donation was made to the Nelson Mandela Endowment Fund to help ensure that the work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation continues.
Video on Winnie Mandela Ahmed Kathrada, Photo with the Mandela Family Amina Cachalia, John Nkadimeng, Andrew Mlangeni, Mosie Moola and son, Henry Makgothi, Gertrude Shope. Arthur Chaskalson, George Bizo, Alexio Bizos, photo with Winnie.
Soweto Gospel choir sing and the door of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Nelson Mandela joins the singing choir and then dances with them. Madiba jokes with them saying that he is cross with them for excluding him from the fun.
Nelson Mandela meets the Springboks the national rugby team after winning the World Cup in France. The rugby world cup is displayed on Nelson Mandela's desk. The players are individually introduced to Nelson Mandela in his office and each player gets a photo opportunity with Madiba. Later there is a press conference with the Nelson Mandela and the team at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Video on Laloo Chiba and wife Luxmi Chiba having coffee with Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela meets baby Mbiu and parents. Nelson Mandela meets Rick Stengel, his wife Mary Pfaff, Gabriel Stengel and Anton Stengel. Rick Stengel is the author who helped with Madiba with the writing Nelson Mandela autobiography of Long Walk to Freedom. Whitey Basson brings a gift of two shirts to Nelson Mandela and discusses a Checkers school initiative that supports 200 000 meals for schools in Koppies. Nelson Mandela then signs posters for the Childrens’ fund event.
Video on Nelson Mandela signing books and posters in his office. Nelson Mandela Mandela then meets the Josiah Matang person who was working as a driver at the law firm of Tambo and Mandela. Mr Matang shows Nelson Mandela Oliver Tambo, Chief Luthuli, Joseph Makoe, Moses Mabhida, and him in the photo.
Video on Verne Harris introducing the Stengile family that gave the Nelson Mandela Foundation the school photo of Healdtown. One of Nelson Mandela's school mates, Nzimeni Stengile kept the photo in his collection and kept on showing his grandchildren that he studied with Nelson Mandela. More people in the school photo are identified a by members of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.
Video on Nelson Mandela receiving photographic books from the photographer Peter Magubane. The books were previously banned by the then Apartheid government. Nelson Mandela and Peter Magubane share information on photos in the book and then more visitors arrive. Doctors who take care of Nelson Mandela change shifts and Nelson Mandela is introduced to Dr Peter Maboya who will be taking care of him when he leaves for Mozambique in the evening. Madiba prepares for messages that he will recorded for 46664 fundraising, thanking the universities of Michigan and Queens universities that will be recorded that day day.
Video on Nelson Mandela meeting the prime minister of Norway and his wife, The prime minister was one of the 46664 ambassadors for the concert in Tromso.The prime minister has raised funds for the Nelson Mandela children's fund. While waiting for Matthews Phosa to arrive Nelson Mandela signs some items.
Video on Nelson Mandela meets Bishop David Nkwe and wife Maggie Nkwe from the Mathibela trust with one the surviving Siamese twin Mpho Mathibela and her mother Sophie Mathibela. Mpho is one of the twins who survived after the operation that separated her from her twin sister who died of pneumonia a year after the two were separated. Photo opportunity Mathibela trust and family with Nelson Mandela.
Video Nelson Mandela with Zelda la Grange briefing Madiba on who will be meeting him on the day. Madiba is scheduled to meet Samuel Baloyi, Mpho Mathibela one of the surviving siamese twin that were joined on the head and the Stengile family who had sent him one of his photo from Healdtown Madiba meets the Mozambican artist who handcrafted the a model of the first democratic South African cabinet. The style of art called Xikelekidana in Tsonga. The art was learned from Samuel Baloyi’s brother. Nelson Mandela tries to identify people who served in his first democratic cabinet of South Africa. Nelson Mandela and the artist Samuel Baloyi take photographs and Madiba thanks the artist for the work.
Video on the appointment with Richard Stone who presents a painting to Nelson Mandela and says the painting will be auctioned in London, Nelson Mandela signing some cheques and meets professor Steve Hawkins and team including Pik Botha, and the son of fellow comrades Ben and Mary Turok , Turok’s son is the head of African Institute for Mathematical Science.
Video on Nelson Mandela meeting the Mandela Rhodes scholars, Shaun Johnson introduces each scholar with Nelson Mandela and share a moment with Nelson Mandela, and Jakes Gerwel at Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Video on Nelson Mandela meets the United States of America national team and Bafana-bafana with national coaches Pitso Mismane and Bob Bradley introducing the players. Nelson Mandela, Zelda La Grange, Mpaki Pule from the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund, Ndaba Mandela, Steven Pienaar and child. Photo opportunity with both teams.