Three (3) sub-series of photographs by Ilan Ossendryver. 1. Photos of Nelson Mandela and family took after the press conference in Soweto, probably on 13 or 14 February 1990, just after his release. Photos are taken in the front of his house with nurses greeting him, schoolgirls at the fence. Portraits and full photos of Mandela standing with a raised fist. Close-ups of Mandela with Zindzi Mandela and baby and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Murphy Morobe and Zwelakwe Sisulu are also in the photos.
2. Photos of Nelson Mandela casting his vote at the at the voting station in Houghton, Johannesburg. Zindziswa Mandela is in the photos.
3. Photos of Nelson Mandela attending Arbor day in Soweto holding a spade and planting a tree. Machel, Graça both seated greeting children dressed in green Arbor week T-shirts and yellow hats. Ahmed Kathrada is also in the photos.
Bill Clinton giving a speech in Parliament and together with Nelson Mandela. Graça Machel and Hillary Clinton. The photographs are taken in different locations.
Mandela Day activities at the Dr Mathole Motshekga Primary School with Nelson Mandela staff, Graça Machel, P&G staff and Robyn Hills from food and trees for Africa: gardening and upgrading the building
A variety of Nelson Mandela photographs during his presidency including: Election campaigning in 1994, polishing his shoes aboard the presidential jet, with his son Makgatho, meeting wives of former South African leaders.
Photos of Nelson Mandela re-uniting with The Elders at a private lunch in Johannesburg. The Elders are Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Brundtland, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu. Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi are honorary Elders.
Photos of First Lady Michelle Obama meeting with Nelson Mandela in Houghton and with her daughters Sasha and Malia viewing archival documents with Graça Machel at the Foundation.
Launch of Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations, demonstrating Mandela’s and his organisations commitment in working for the upliftment of South Africa.
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 SA National Defense Force and the National Air Force Orchestra celebrate Madiba's 85th birthday. People arriving with present, generals cooks and cakes.
Freedom Park commemoration, tributes and international call to action. South African Government commemorative activities (led by the Presidency and supported by the Department of Social Development). Inter-faith prayer service and veterans wreath-laying at the Union Buildings, Tshwane.
The 11th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture with Doctor Mo Ibrahim. The event was held at the University of South Africa (UNISA) on the 17th of August 2013. The theme for the lecture was “Building social cohesion”: a call for all South Africans to work towards a united, cohesive, democratic and national society. Dr Ibrahim’s address focused on the need for social cohesion not only in South Africa, but also between the 54 nations that make up the African continent.
The Sixth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture delivered by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 12 July 2008, in Kliptown, Soweto. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf during a lecture titled “Behold the new Africa”, stressed the importance of transparent, accountable government and the need to fight corruption in Africa.
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.
Proceedings of the 6th Nelson Mandela annual lecture by Madame Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Kliptown, Soweto, includes arrival of guests,comments and an edited address of the 7th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture.
Proceedings of the seventh Nelson Mandela annual lecture by Professor Mohammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh held at the Johannesburg City Hall.
Second Malibongwe Dialogue with the struggle stalwarts at the Sandton Convention Centre, organised with the Department of Arts and Culture. With many struggle heroins participating.
Arthur Chaskalson, former President of the Constitutional Court and former Chief Justice of South Africa presents Nelson Mandela with a copy of “One Law, One Nation” on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the Constitution.
Photos of Nelson Mandela's birthday dinner with Bill Clinton, Graça Machel and others at the Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg. Also with Patrice Motsepe, Zelda la Grange, Jakes Gerwel and Gill Marcus.
Nelson Mandela's 91st Birthday celebration with the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee members and other members of the African National Congress.
Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday at the Sandton Convention Centre. Only 1 prints is with Mandela. With major national and international political, cultural and business people.
Proceedings of the HIV/AIDS dialogue held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation attended by deputy minister Noziwe Madlala- Routledge. The dialogue was part of the process of reviewing the Nation Strategic plan on HIV/AIDS. Input from the participants was submitted to the National Department of Health to influence policymaking.
The full proceedings of the 2nd Nelson Mandela Annual lecture on the 23 November 2004 delivered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Johannesburg Civic theatre .
Proceedings of the tenth Nelson Mandela Annual lecture delivered by Mrs Mary Robinson former prime minister of Ireland, held in Cape Town City Hall, South Africa
Graca Machel and Nelson Mandela, group photo with members of the first democratic parliament, Eddie Nair and others. ID of Eddie Nair as Peace Monitor during the first democratic elections.
Photos taken at Nelson Mandela’s Houghton home on the occasion of Ndileka’s 47th birthday. With Nelson Mandela, Ndileka Mandela (daughter of the late Thembi), Amina Cachalia, Pamela Dos Santos as well as Graca Machel.
Photos of Nelson Mandela with the other Elders (Independent leaders working together for peace and human rights) arriving at the Saxon Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Annual Children’s Celebration and preferred site dedication ceremony for the establishment of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital.
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Concert for Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday in Johannesburg Stadium. The concert was jointly organised by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the Nelson Mandela Foundation
The Nelson Mandela Remembrance Walk which traced Nelson Mandela's passage through Tshwane (Pretoria) to his last resting place. The Walk started at Freedom Park and moved through Kgosi Mampuru Correctional services to Church Square, all the way to Lillian Ngoyi Square, and ended at the Union Buildings.
President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, presenting the 12th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 9 August 2014. This event marks the 52nd anniversary of Mr Mandela’s capture on 5 August 1962. The lecture was held at the historic City Hall in the City of Cape Town, a significant and poignant venue, as it is from this location that Mr Mandela gave his inaugural address to the people of South Africa after being released from prison in 1990. The theme of the 2014 lecture is "Building social cohesion through active citizenship". The reception was held immediately after the lecture.
The Nelson Mandela 5th Annual Lecture with Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel laureate. The focuse of the Lecture was on the progress of Africa, that it needed to be balanced on three pillars: security, development and human rights.
Proceedings of the 4th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture by then President Thabo Mbeki at the Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Portraits, handicapped people, roofs of huts, a makeshift outdoor kitchen at the Tongogara Refugee camp in Zimbabwe, mine-detection and Mrs Machel visiting a refugee camp.
launche of the book "Conversations with Myself" in South Africa at Market Theatre. The MC of the day is John Kani who also read the audio version of the book. In the chairs are: Ahmed Kathrada, Zindzi Mandela and great-grandson Luvuyo Mandela.
Women ‘s dialogue with Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Kave Bulambo, Ferial Haffajee, Nikiwe Bikitsha, Aisha Mohammed, Mrs Graca Machel, Mrs Zanele Mbeki held at Freedom Park as part of the Annual lecture dialogue conversation.
Ariel Dorfman meets Nelson Mandela and is in conversation with Mrs Machel on parallel processes between South Africa and Chile on the Pinochet rule and experiences in Chile.
Video on the proceedings of the Nelson Mandela nineth Nelson Mandela annual lecture by Ismail Serageldin (the founding director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new Library of Alexandria) held at the Linder auditorium, Wits University, Johannesburg.
Nelson Mandela first annual lecture on the 19 July 2003 delivered by the Former United States President Bill Clinton at the Nelson Mandela theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
New Year cards from Muamar Gaddafi to Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel excisting of photographs taken during their visit to Lybia. The cards are signed by Gaddafi.
Mandela's 85th birthday celebration. Mandela and Graça Machel greeting children, a big birthday cake, kids in wheelchairs wearing NMF shirts. Taken outdoors under a marque.
In celebrating the memory and legacy of Nelson Mandela, the Gauteng City Region, City of Tshwane in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) hosted the third Mandela Remembrance Walk, from Kgosi Mampuru Prison to the Union Buildings.
Professor Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean-American author, human rights activist and distinguished professor of Literature and Latin-American Studies presented the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 31 July 2010. The venue for the lecture was Johannesburg’s Linder Auditorium. The theme of the lecture was: Memory, Justice and Reconciliation.
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