Nelson Mandela International Day 2022
Today, 18th July, is Nelson Mandela’s birthday, designated by the UN General Assembly as Nelson Mandela International Day. The central theme of the Day in...
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16 June Anniversary of Soweto Uprising and Naming of Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow
On 16 June 1986 St George’s Place in Glasgow was re-named Nelson Mandela Place. This year is its 36th anniversary. This particular day of 16th...
John Stevenson
Trustee of the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation 16 July 1950 – 6 April 2022 Tribute from the Board of the Foundation It is with...
21 March: Sharpeville Massacre and UN anti-racism day video
This video will launch at 6pm on Monday 21 March 2022. If you miss it, it will remain here to catch up with. Donate...
Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza – Obituary and Appreciation
Tribute and an Appreciation by Brian Filling Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza 13 August 1938 – 6 December 2021 Lindiwe Mabuza was born in Newcastle, in the...
Support us: buy badges, posters, cards, books
Support us by ordering our badge, books, posters, or cards – including Jim Cathcart’s iconic banner created in 1981 to celebrate Mandela’s being granted the...
Mandela release anniversary 11 Feb – video to back Scotland statue appeal
Scotland celebrated Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on 11 February 1990 with crowds gathering in Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and across...
Mandela release anniversary video 11 February
The video goes live on on 11 February at 6pm. If you miss it, it will still be here to view. Scotland celebrated Nelson...
What was apartheid?
These are just a few main points in a one minute video (with text below) to illustrate what racist apartheid was. For fuller information see...
Black History Month – Oliver Tambo ‘What foresight. What humanity’
The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation (NMSMF) is celebrating Black History Month with a video marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of Oliver Tambo...