The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation has launched a campaign to raise funds to create a statue of Nelson Mandela.
In 2021 the campaign is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Nelson Mandela receiving the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, the first city in the world to award the honour; and the 35th anniversary of the naming of Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow when it was still the location of the apartheid consulate. (Click here for previous years)
Join the April Virtual Kiltwalk to back our statue campaign
Our Mandela Scottish Memorial Kiltwalkers have raised £7,000 since 2018, and we would welcome volunteers for this April's one. Register ...
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Anniversaries 2021: Raising funds to build the Mandela statue
As we get close to building the funds for a statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place, there ...
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Commemorating Nelson Mandela
On 6 December 2013, following the death of Nelson Mandela the day before, a large crowd gathered in Nelson Mandela ...
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9 Oct 1993 video: The day Mandela told Glasgow ‘We love you all’
Twenty-seven years ago on 9 October 1993 Nelson Mandela danced in Glasgow’s George Square and told the Scottish people “You ...
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Celebrating anniversary of Mandela’s Glasgow visit with drive for funds for statue
Twenty-seven years ago on 9 October 1993 Nelson Mandela danced in Glasgow’s George Square and told the Scottish people “You ...
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Virtual celebration on UN Nelson Mandela Day in drive for a Scottish people’s statue
Sadly Andrew Mlangeni, our patron and last surviving Rivonia trialist, died on 22 July 2020 after this video was ...
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Nelson Mandela Place 34 years on – let’s get that statue built
Thirty-four years ago this week, Glasgow won worldwide acclaim by renaming St George's Place as Nelson Mandela Place. With help ...
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Soweto killings anniversary; turning point in liberation struggle
On 16 June 1976, demonstrators, mostly pupils, were shot dead by apartheid police when more than 10,000 people marched towards ...
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Joint resource pack for home learning in lockdown
Great to see our joint resource pack with WOSDEC , "When Mandela danced in the Square", being used for home ...
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Denis Goldberg, 1933 – 2020: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of our comrade and friend, Denis Goldberg. His life will ...
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