Interview of Achmat Dangor, the CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, for the e.TV program Inside Out on 1. The work of the Foundation 2. The Centre of Memory and Dialogue 3. The 7th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture 4. Nelson Mandela Day 5. 46664 6. Achmat Dangor's work as a writer.
Nelson Mandela Foundation discussion panel event held at the National Aids Conference in Durban. The panel featured Achmat Dangor, Zackie Achmat; Alan Whiteside; Desiree Daniels, Peter Piot, Mark Heywood and Doctor Helen Rees amongst others.
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.
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.
Community conversation with members of the Thaba Nchu community on the prevention and eradication of HIV/AIDS. The event held at the Moroka High School.
Facilitators of the community conversations on HIV/Aids issues are sharing their experiences, challenges and lessons learned during the review and refinement process. Facilitators from different regions putting their experiences on paper and posting them around the room in which the process was held in.
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).
Anchoring Democracy Workshop, mainly photographs of the contributors. Organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC).
A dialogue on Reckoning with Reconciliation, marking the 20th Anniversary of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Report being submitted to President Nelson Mandela. The dialogue was facilitated by Patronella Nqaba, and the main speakers were Chandre Gould, Noel Solani, Sylvia Graham, Imtiaz Cajee. Concurrently launching the: -Report: A Ground of Struggle-Four Decades of Archival Activism in South Africa by Dr Mbongeni Buthelezi -An online Archival resource-The Presidential Years launch by Tony Trew and NMF Archive team.
An overview of the proposed function shift workshop by the Department of Social Development and Department of Basic Education, discussing the needs of pre-grade 1 children and role of the ECD Centre.
Dialogue on Narratives of Change reflecting on movements in SA facilitated by Nikwe Bikitsha and the panellist were Adam Habib (Vice-Chancellor Wits University, author Rebels and Rage), Wandile Ngcaweni (Junior Researcher MISTRA, co-editor We Are No Longer At Ease), and Lovelyn Nwadeyi (AFRE Fellow 2019). Photographs of the panellist and the audience engaging.
Nelson Mandela head of leadership and development Verne Harris and Afre Researcher Patronella Nqaba having a talk with high school learners at New York.
One of the seminars on African Development: Forum of Thinkers with CONGAD (Council of non-governmental development support) and representatives of Civicus. Portraits, group sessions. 51 prints have not been numbered nor de-acidified.
Ariel Dorfman in a social cohesion sharing session around the issue of xenophobia held at the Gugulethu Community Centre in Cape Town and served as an opportunity to listen to the recurring problems regarding xenophobia.
Professor Ariel Dorfman with Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, renowned Zimbabwean-born writer Elinor Sisulu as well as poet and former political activist Doctor Mongane Wally Serote in a discussion on the role of art in consolidating democracy and fighting oppression. Shots of Professor Dorfman signing a book after the event. The event was held in Freedom Park and gathered together authors, writers, journalists, students, scholars and academics to interrogate how art can help build strong and robust democracies.
The Dialogue "In Conversations with Ariel Dorfman" was hosted in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Drama and the Market Theatre. John Kani read from "Nothing but the Truth" and Wits Drama students performed Dorman’s play "Delirium". This was followed by a facilitated discussion between Dorfman, Kani and Nadine Gordimer.
Dialogue “The Secret, the Taboo and the Disavowal: Hidden spaces in South Africa’s liberation history”. The Dialogue sessions marked the 10 years since the passing of the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
Dialogue between former combatants in the Balkans, Sarajevo. The organizers of the event were the Center for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade, Federal Foundation for the study of communist dictatorship, Archiv Bürgerbewegung Leipzig, Global Leadership Academy, and trips to Mostar and Sarajevo (Jablanica) tour on 8/9 June. Participants re: Dr. Anja Mihr (The Netherlands), Juriy Durkot (Ukraine), Verne Harris (South Africa), Chandre Gould (South Africa), Nenad Vukosavljevi? (Serbia) , Michael Parak (Germany) , Boro Kitanoski (Macedonia), Nicolas Moll (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ivana Franovi? (Serbia), Adnan Hasanbegovi? (Bosnia-Herzegovina); Vesna Terselic (Croatia), Abdullah Ferizi (Kosovo), Jan Wesseler/David Graf (Germany), Resource person: Mirsad Toka?a (Research and Documentation Center Sarajevo).
International Mandela Dialogues on Memory Work: ''Creating Safe Spaces Across Generations'', 2016 held in South Africa and Sri Lanka with participants from Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka as well as United States of America.
The National Public Systems Archives at Crossroads Place Nelson Mandela Centre of memory 107 Central street Houghton.
Session 1 Assessing the process of opening the archive and understanding their continuing role in constituting a post-apartheid. Paper by Sello Hatang- PAIA and the archive act breaking the barrier to access to information. Paper by Ciraj Rasool - Heritge archives museums, heritage practice and museum practice.
The National Public Systems Archives at Crossroads Place Nelson Mandela Centre of memory 107 Central street Houghton.
Session 1 (Continuation) Assessing the process of opening the archive and understanding their continuing role in constituting a post-apartheid. Presentation by Noel Solani- Archive and human relations in the digital word. Presentation by Verne Harris Memory systems in trouble at archivists have stopped being activists. Presentation by Sandra Prosalendis- Getting our acts together in order to perform that archive
The National Public Systems Archives at Crossroads Place Nelson Mandela Centre of memory 107 Central street Houghton. Last part of Assessing new network of institutions and structures designed to deliver a transformed national archival system. Continuation of a presentation by Prof Sekgothe Mokgoatsana
Sessions 3 Exploring the distinction between “national interest” and “public interest” and understanding the role of archive in relation to both. Input from Ellen Namila. Questions, comments and inputs
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.
Community dialogue at KwaLanga with community members coming together in a community space and sharing ideas about issues related to the spread of HIV/Aids such as poverty, among other issues.
Social Cohesion dialogues on xenophobia with Albert Park community, Diepsloot community, Giyani community, Kamaqhekeza community, KwaLanga community, Leandra community, Nkomazi community, Soshanguve community as well as Yeoville community.
A round-table discussion organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with the Support the Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) about issues surrounding the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
Public Dialogue organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF), the Oslo Freedom Forum, Media Monitoring Africa and the Hanns Seidel Foundation with speakers, members of the audience and at the end of the series a tour of the archive.
Dialogue with young people and university students about the Grameen Bank model. Students shared with Prof Yunus their own initiatives in working towards alleviating poverty in their communities. This inter-generational gathering consisted of South Africa’s leading young minds and social entrepreneurs at all levels.
Dialogue on 'Racism in a Digital Age'. Organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF), the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE), The Harvard University Centre of African Studies and the Hanns Seidel Foundation: dialogue held at the NMF with contributors and participants.
Photographs of a roundtable dialogue on Professional and Democratic Policing in South Africa followed by a tour to the Nelson Mandela Office and the archive with Sello Hatang.
A workshop on Grassroots Organisation by Brand South Africa and Marketing Association of South Africa Masterclass held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The masterclass took place in the auditorium followed by a dialogue on Grassroots and Land facilitated by Sumaya Hendricks of the NMF.
Session one: A roundtable debate about the Expropriation without Compensation ignores threats to the property rights of the rural poor contained in bills before Parliament. The debate was facilitated by Sumaya Hendricks, and key speakers were Dr Annika Claasens and Mbhekiseni Mavuso.
Session two: screening of “This Land” documentary and dialogue on the future of land reform in South Africa, reflecting on the Constitutional Review Process and engaging with the proposed legislation. The dialogue was facilitated by Nokwanda Sihlali from the Land and Accountability Research Centre, the panellist were Emily Tjale, Constance Mogale, Mbhekiseni Mavuso, Nozuko Poni. The audience asked questions and made comments on the documentary.
Early-childhood development nutrition workshop held at Discovery Place, organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Save the Child, and Vitality Healthy Food Studio.
Round table dialogue on strengthening the health sector workforce to deliver Early Childhood Development services held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF),