Four sub-series of photos taken during the 10 days of National Mourning after the passing of Nelson Mandela. The sub-series are taken in Cape Town, Houghton, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in Mthatha and in Qunu.
Evelyn Ntoko Mase, first wife of Nelson Mandela and a mother of four of his children in her shop weighting groceries, serving customers, holding a photo of Mandela.
Schools opened by the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development (NMIERD) in Mthatha, South Africa, aiming at building sustainable rural education solutions and taking forward Mandela's Legacy in Education and rural development.
-Photos of Nelson Mandela with his grandson Bambatha in Qunu, 1990. -Nelson Mandela visiting Kwa Ndebele, March 1994 -Nelson Mandela visiting schools, January 1995 -Nelson Mandela visiting Victor Vester Prison which is now known as Drakenstein Correctional Centre.October 1996 at Paarl, South Africa. -Nelson Mandela visiting pre-schools and crèches on the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa, June 1997 -Annual Gold Award Ceremony of the President’s Award, South Africa, 25 November 1994 Birthday celebrations, July 1997; At the opening of Cape Town SOS Children’s Village, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 May 1996 Birthday celebrations, July 1997.
Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday celebration held in Qunu. Group photos of Mandela with family, Graça Machel as well as former United States of America's President Bill Clinton.
The Xolilizwe Sangoni Comprehensive High School was opened by Nelson Mandela in 1999. The photographs especially cover the vocational training sections. This formed part of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development programme.
Bikers working in a garden, off-loading furniture, painting window panes and walls. Hugging children, planting trees, with toddlers and paintings of hands and getting ready to leave.
Photographs of Robert Sobukwe leading the crowd; Sophia Town women arrested; Kwa-Teba -Native Recruiting Corporation Limited, Sharpeville photo of a passbook; village in Transkei.
Photos of Robert Sobukwe in his office in Kimberly, his house, children, and a group photo of him and his family on his graduation as well as Orlando police station and Graaff Reinet
Mandela family photographs were taken in Qunu on Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday, 18 July 2012. The B&W group photo with many family members is probably taken at the same time.
Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with Imbumba Foundation and Kaizer Motaung Foundation sorting and distributing food parcels to needy community members in Qunu and Mvezo. With the help of Mandla Mandela, the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and the grandson of icon Nelson Mandela, Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Sello Hatang, together with Siya Kolisi, Kaizer Motaung Junior, Richard Mabaso, Yase Godlo and the volunteers.
Soap 4 Hope Campaign, an initiative of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Imbumba Foundation, and Old Mutual. Siya and Rachel Kolisi, as well as volunteers from the Kolisi Foundation distributed food parcels to community members of Zwide.
Photos of Healdtown College. In the Class photograph are, among others: Nelson Mandela (back row, fifth from the right), Myrtle Workman (white woman), Rev. Arthur Wellington (next to Myrtle), Rev. S. M. Mokitimi (next to Wellington), Jane Methola (next to Mokitimi) and Gilbert Nzimani (behind Mokitimi).
Possibly the launch of the Nelson Mandela School Initiative in Mthatha. Guests, groups of children, traditional dancing, MultiChoice Africa. The photos have been taken out of the huge frame for preservation.
Mthatha community conversation on the fight against HIV/AIDS, held at the Rotary Hall. Learners from different schools coming out in numbers to voice their issues. The conversation was facilitated by Lesley Nkosi and Paddy Nhlapo.
Christmas footage with Nelson Mandela walking around inspecting and checking livestock in Qunu in the Eastern Cape and meeting local residents. (rushes) ( please do not use )
Video on Nelson Mandela and Family members having lunch in Qunu- Nelson Mandela his brother Morris Mandela, Mrs Graca Machel, Mandla Mandela, Makaziwe Mandela, Ndileleka Mandela, Mbuso Mandela, Zondwa Mandela Tukwini Mandela, Nandi Mandela, Zelda La Grange. On the luch tabel there is a discussion that Ndaba and Zindzi will be having a a joint birthday celebration for their birthdays that are on the 19th and the 23rd of December.
Video on the Members of the family visit the family graves, later the Mandela and family members celebrate a joint birthday party for Zindzi Mandela born on the 23rd of December and Ndaba Mandela born on the 19th of December. The party is held in Qunu with Nelson Mandela, Mrs Graca Machel, Winnie Madikizela- Mandela, Makaziwe Mandela, Ndileleka Mandela, Nandi Mandela, Mandla Mandela,Mbuso Mandela, Zondwa Mandela Tukwini Mandela, later on Nelson Mandela goes to inspect the cattle. .
Nelson Mandela's funeral: Security force convoy accompanied by an aircraft to the Union building where Nelson Mandela's coffin lies in state, where his family and members of the public pay last respect. Nelson Mandela memorial service was held at the Johannesburg Soccer City stadium and proceedings of his funeral were in Qunu where he was laid to rest.
Nelson Mandela always enjoyed telling the story of how dramatically the Xhosa poet Mqhayi had burst into his young world, shattering myths and inspiring him to see beyond the barriers he had taken for granted. His telling and retelling of this story was based on Mqhayi’s visit to his Methodist boarding school Healdtown where he was sent to finish his high school education. His account draws the listener into the late 1930s institution ruled over by the colonial figure of Dr Arthur Wellington, whom virtually no one would question – until onto the stage strode Mqhayi who showed his rapt audience how they were the most important of all people. Mr Mandela ends by explaining that he later did, however, learn that it was backward to be tribalistic.
While he was born in the Eastern Cape village of Mvezo, the only son of his father’s third wife, Nelson Mandela spend most of his early childhood in Qunu and later moved to Mqhekezweni after his father died. He has always enjoyed returning to Qunu where he built a house after his release from prison in 1990. Uppermost in his mind as a free man was to visit Qunu where his parents were laid to rest. His mother Nosekeni had died in her Seventies in 1968 when her son was imprisoned on Robben Island. As soon as he could, he visited her grave and that of his father Nkosi (Chief) Mphakanyiswa who had died when he was a boy.
Typed statement issued and signed by Nelson Mandela in his capacity as Secretary of the All-in-African National Action Council. The statement expresses disgust at the action of the authorities in closing the Fort Hare and Healdtown educational institutions, thereby victimising students for participating in a peaceful nation-wide protest (being a stay-away which was organised by the Council to coincide with South Africa's becoming a Republic on 31 May 1961). Includes covering note and envelope.
