Nelson Mandela Foundation

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The Nelson Mandela Foundation (German: "Nelson Mandela Foundation") is a foundation in South Africa . It was founded in 1999 by Nelson Mandela .

history

After Nelson Mandela relinquished his presidency to Thabo Mbeki in June 1999 , he set up the foundation in August of the same year in order to safeguard his further political activities. Since then the foundation has been based in a house in Houghton Estate , Johannesburg . Mandela lived in this district until he moved to Qunu in 2011 ; Mandela also died here in 2013. The German organizational scientist Heiko Roehl helped set up the foundation. In 2002, the foundation helped set up the South African-British Mandela Rhodes Foundation . From 2004, with Mandela's gradual withdrawal from public duties, the renovation of the foundation began, which henceforth focused on Mandela's life's work and legacy. Until 2010 Mandela worked in the Foundation's offices. On November 18, 2013, the Foundation inaugurated the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory in the presence of high dignitaries, including President Jacob Zuma , after renovating the building . Numerous South African companies as well as the embassies of the USA and India contributed to the costs.

aims

The foundation is a non-profit organization . Her focus is on “memory, dialogue and legacy”.

The basic principles of the foundation are defined as follows:

  • Creation, establishment, protection and maintenance of a memorial center for Mr. Mandela, which contains an archive of his life, works and writings
  • The initiation of a dialogue on critical social issues, including specific issues on human rights and democracy, in order to contribute to a just society
  • Encouraging and participating in philosophical activities, including discussing issues related to human rights and democracy
  • Obtaining funds to support the Foundation's goals
  • Providing support services to public nonprofits or promoting the common interests of those organizations

structure

Chairman of the Board of Trustees ( Chairman of the board of trustees ) is Njabulo Ndebele , former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and since 2012 chancellor of the University of Johannesburg . The board of trustees includes other public figures such as Kgalema Motlanthe , Mamphela Ramphele , the historian Carolyn Hamilton and Tokyo Sexwale .

Chief Executive (roughly: "General Manager") is Sello Hatang.

Part of the website is the digitized O'Malley's Archive , which Padraig O'Malley built up over almost two decades. In the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory changing exhibitions about Mandela and the years of his work are shown.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation works with numerous institutions, such as the Alan Paton Center , the ANC Archives, the Apartheid Museum , South African History Online and Wits Historical Papers .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Hochschulanzeiger Edition 108, May 2010, p. 58.
  2. ^ Report from the opening at nelsonmandela.org (English), accessed on April 8, 2016
  3. ^ Nelson Mandela Foundation website , accessed April 8, 2016
  4. ↑ Presentation of the foundation at nelsonmandela.org (English), accessed on April 8, 2016
  5. ↑ UJ chosses Ndebele for chancellor. iol.co.za, November 16, 2012, accessed April 9, 2016
  6. ↑ Exhibitions at nelsonmandela.org (English), accessed on April 8, 2016