Nelson Mandela Foundation bids farewell

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has expressed their deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences after the news of Mandela’s passing on 5 December.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela greets attendees of the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela lecture by raising his walking stick, 12 July 2008, as his wife Graca Machel looks on stunned. The lecture, addressed by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, formed part of celebrations marking Mandela's 90th birthday, and was held in Kliptown, Soweto. Picture by Michel Bega

Daniella Melville, spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela Foundation said, “We know all South Africans, and indeed the world, join us in this profound sense of loss and sadness on the death of our beloved founder, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.”

She said Mandela’s living legacy is what has kept the foundation going.

“His legacy lives on in all of us – it is in our hands now,” she added. Donations to the foundation can be made via the website or the Facebook page: Nelson Mandela and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.

Details: www.nelsonmandela.org