Billy Connolly joins campaign to raise money for Nelson Mandela statue
Sir Billy Connolly, a Freeman of the City of Glasgow, is backing the charity campaign to raise public money for a statue in memory of...
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Nelson Mandela’s letter about Billy Connolly receiving Freedom of Glasgow
On 28 July 2010, Nelson Mandela wrote to Glasgow Lord provost Bob Winter on the occasion of Billy Connolly being given the Freedom of the...
Funds needed for pilot school course on apartheid
The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation is commissioning WOSDEC (West of Scotland Development Education Centre www.wosdec.org.uk) to write and pilot a course for primary and...
Hundreds gathered in 1990 to celebrate Mandela’s release
On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison. In Glasgow the Anti-Apartheid Movement called for a gathering that day in...
Andrew Mlangeni – fellow Rivonia trialist of Nelson Mandela (1925-2020)
We mourn the death of Andrew Mlangeni on 22 July 2020 – our patron, struggle hero and last of the Rivonia trialists – after a...
Chris Bartter – An appreciation
Brian Filling, Chair of the Board of the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation, said: “The members of the Board of the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial...
New Mandela Scottish Memorial Campaign video
This short video covers the launch of the campaign, clips of Nelson Mandela and where to donate. It is designed especially for sharing on social...
Sir Alex Ferguson launches campaign (Freedom TV)
Sir Alex Ferguson helped launch the campaign to build a statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow yesterday; the group behind the move are trying...
Campaign launch: Sir Alex Ferguson praises Mandela as example for world to follow
Sir Alex Ferguson CBE today praised Nelson Mandela as a special man who was an example for the world to follow. Sir Alex, former Manchester...
The Glasgow Mandela Story
This book describes and analyses the connections between Glasgow and South Africa historically and more recently in the ultimately successful struggle against apartheid. It is...