Sita’s 1963 diary, with additional entries from 1962. Also includes leaflets: “The Group Areas Act & Mr. Nana Sita” (1964?), SA Indian Congress, London; and pamphlets: “I Accuse!” Speeches to court by Nelson Mandela, 1962-1963 trial (origin unknown); “South Africa’s Treason Trial” (1957), “Afrika!” Publications, Johannesburg.
Sita had concealed these documents in a cushion to avoid them being confiscate during raids by the security police at her family home. In 2008, Sita gifted the cushion to Mandela for his 90th birthday stating on an accompanying note that he will find the contents of the cushion interesting. When the gift was received, the cushioned was unstitched revealing the documents.
Consists of an annotated and signed copy of Mandela’s speech from the dock and carbon copy of the charge sheet from the Rivonia Trial, The State vs Mandela and others.
Mandela sewing clothes, talking to Walter Sisulu and prisoners in the courtyard. The visit to the Island was during 1964 after the London Daily Express was granted permission by the South African government.
The photos are taken on 12 June 1964, the day of the verdict in the Rivonia Trial. Lionel Shapiro took the photos whilst studying at Wits and taking pictures once a week for the student paper. Nelson Mandela leaving court in a prison van, protestors, Winnie Mandela and Mandela's mother.
The collection consists of 4 photographs - LS001: Winnie Mandela and Mandela's mother, Nosekeni leaving court; LS002: June Mlangeni leaving the court; LS003: The trialists leaving court after the sentencing in a prison van. Mandela is the first person on the left in the van; and LS004: A supporter outside the court with placard "We are proud of our leaders".
Copies of documents of the Governor of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, and one photo of Mandela, stuck on black cardboard. In Portuguese. English translation available.
President Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt receiving a South African Delegation from the University of South Africa (UNISA), with Mr Oliver Tambo, Vice President of the African National Congress (ANC).
Four, bad quality photographic prints of Nelson Mandela together with another man walking in Alexandra. Grabs from footage housed at the Huntly Film Archives.
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).
Researched photographs for the "Dare not longer"publication. The NMF copyrighted photographs are excluded but can be founded in the PDF file with the credits.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) alongside the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) and the Wits Centre for Diversity held a dialogue ‘Asikhulumeni nge race’ with representatives of student councils in higher education from across South Africa. The dialogue was part of a series of engagements with students on issues of race and identity in South Africa.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation hosting a two-day seminar to wrap up their two-year-long social cohesion programme. The seminar was an opportunity for the stakeholders to discuss the outcomes and the lessons learnt form the pilot programme.
Third Malibongwe dialogue with struggle stalwarts at the Turbine Hall in Johannesburg. The Malibongwe Dialogue, with and about stalwarts of the struggle for freedom, and the role that women played during those difficult, and often truly dark, years, achieved a remarkable level of candour, unmindful of organisational or ideological loyalties.
Dialogue on revisiting the promise of a new South Africa. Can South Africa be free if women are not free? The dialogue was organised by Soul City and held at Nelson Mandela Foundation. Panelists were Mr Zane Dangor (United Nations Population Fund), Mr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (Economic Freedom Fighter), Ms Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Ms Tamara Braam (Indepedent Gender Consultant).
Opening and photos of the exhibition "Poisoned Pasts". Poisoned Pasts is a joint project with the Institute for Security Studies and aims to provoke questioning about our difficult pasts and to honour the victims of South Africa’s chemical and biological warfare programme. The Reverend Frank Chikane, himself a victim of the chemical and biological warfare programme, gave the keynote address.
Research photographs for the exhibition "On the Frontline" on the destabilisation of South Africa of the Frontline States and the effect of the war. Most of the photographs used in the exhibition.
Exhibition with condolences books and messages, photos of tributes and condolences received during the 10 days of mourning after Nelson Mandela’s passing in 2013. Also a Telkom phone booth with recorded condolences messages.
15th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture and related activities by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Programme and photographs of a Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) and Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) event in a school in Cape Town around HIV/AIDS. Speakers include Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela in a big group of people, a baby on his lap. Taken during the opening of the Jewish Museum in Cape Town which was officially opened by Mandela.
Bill Clinton giving a speech in Parliament and together with Nelson Mandela. Graça Machel and Hillary Clinton. The photographs are taken in different locations.
Nelson Mandela seated behind his desk at the Nelson Mandela Foundation with a 'Sowetan' cap in front of him. Dressed in a Madiba shirt and wearing an AIDS ribbon. Taken during a photo opportunity for the Sowetan on the occasion of Mandela's birthday.
45-page essay on Mandela's warders, James Gregory, Christo Brand and Jack Swart, during the period 1968-1990. Commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2011.
Nelson Mandela jiving in front of a group of students in Pietermaritzburg. Mandela was awarded with the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, Mdunduzi.
Nelson Mandela in his office in Shell House, the headquarters of the ANC at the time. Seated on the corner of his desk. The print is signed by Gisele Wulfsohn.
An international artist Ms Sarah Gusten-Marr donates a painting to the Imbumba Foundation in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Trek4Mandela expedition. The Imbumba Foundation exhibits the painting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation for a short term as part of the build up to Trek4Mandela Expedition launch and send-off 2022.
Nelson Mandela's 75th birthday celebration held in his then office the Shell House, which was the Headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC). The local community of Newclare had baked a cake for the President's birthday and asked Ismail the then Political Correspondent of the Sowetan to deliver it.
Nelson Mandela Tribute organised by the Australian Human RIghts Centre (AHRC) and the African Women Australia Network at the University of New South Wales, Syndey, Australia during the 10 days of mourning after Mandela's passing
''Remembering Madiba'', a NMF organised commemoration event Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy Minister of the Public Service and Administration, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo as well as Dr Leon Wessels.
Liverpool FC Ladies Team visit the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Sello Hatang, Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation is presented with a Liverpool soccer shirt, signed by the players and Mandela’s name on the back. Razia Saleh shows them the archives.
Hip-hop artist Drake visits the Nelson Mandela Foundation. CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Sello Hatang and Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe welcome him and give him a tour of the Foundation.