Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

Nelson Mandela Scottish Memotial Foundation The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation has launched a campaign to raise funds to create a statue of Nelson Mandela.

In 2019 the campaign is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first democratic election in South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as President.

In 2018 the campaign celebrated the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, which was also the 25th anniversary of his visit to Glasgow to receive the Freedoms of nine UK cities at a special ceremony on 9 October 1993.

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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 ...
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27th October 2017 / Featured, Video

Video: ‘Glasgow declared us to be free’

Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow on 9 October 1993 to receive his award of Freeman of the City of Glasgow ...
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26th October 2017 / News, Video

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 ...
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9th October 2017 / News

The Glasgow Mandela Story

This book describes and analyses the connections between Glasgow and South Africa historically and more recently in the ultimately successful ...
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8th October 2017 / News