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Brian Filling, Nelson Mandela Place 11 Feb 1990

Celebrating Mandela’s release from prison with funding push for statue

On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison. The world celebrated, not least In ...
Nelson Mandela Place

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 ...
Nelson Mandela Place 6 Dec 2013

Commemorating Nelson Mandela

On 6 December 2013, following the death of Nelson Mandela the day before, a large crowd gathered in Nelson Mandela ...
Mandela video

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 ...
Mara Louw

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 ...
Mandela Day 2020

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 ...
Nelson Mandela Place 34 years on - let's get that statue built

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 ...
Soweto killings anniversary; turning point in liberation struggle

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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