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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A new media release is now up on the NMSMF website informing the world of the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela statue in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow on Friday, 9th October at 4pm. It will be a fairly short public ceremony and all friends are welcome. mandelascottishmemorial.org/media-releas...

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MEDIA RELEASE Nelson Mandela statue to be unveiled on 9 October - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

At 4pm on Friday 9 October 2026 the statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. The statue of Nelson Mandela, created by renowned sculptor Alan...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Nelson Mandela statue in Glasgow's Mandela Place will be unveiled on Friday, 9th Oct. at 4pm.This is a public event and all friends are welcome. Marah Louw will sing, just as at Mandela's Glasgow visit on 9th Oct. 1993 (pictured) bit.ly/glasmandstory bit.ly/Mandelaschools bit.ly/NMSMFdon

Marah Louw sings and dances on stage with Nelson Mandela when he visited Glasgow in 1993 to accept the Freedom of the City and of eight other UK local authorities.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

45 years ago on 4th Aug. 1981 Glasgow awarded its Freedom to Nelson Mandela. He was still on Robben Island so it was accepted by Dr. Alex Ekwueme, then Vice-President of Nigeria, from Lord Provost Michael Kelly. See John Stevenson's video of 5 years ago at mandelascottishmemorial.org/40years

Lord Provost Michael Kelly presenting the award to Dr. Alex Ewueme

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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#OTD 1955, the Congress of the People began in #Kliptown. To mark 71 years, we’re launching 'Exploring the #FreedomCharter' - a free, adaptable 5-part resource for schools Collab w. @teachfortomorrowuk.bsky.social 🙏 @unieastanglia.bsky.social & NLHF antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/resources/ed...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

50 years ago on 19-6-76 a meeting of Anti-Apartheid activists constituted the Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee. After a year of an informal co-ordinating committee a more formal structure was necessary. The new body worked for 18 years, until apartheid ended and ACTSA Scotland was formed

Original minutes of the meeting to adopt the constitution of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee, 50 years ago.

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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 15/06/2026

Seth Mazibuko was a student leader involved in the 1976 Soweto student movement which organised mass protests against the apartheid government’s decision to impose Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools. Read groundup.org.za/article/yout... by Ihsaan Haffejee

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1976 student uprising leader still haunted by “rows of bodies in the mortuary”

Seth Mazibuko is part of a team heading the “1976 at 50” campaign to commemorate the day

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

16th June is the 50th anniv. of the shooting of protesting children in Soweto, sparking the Soweto Uprising, and also the 40th anniv. of the re-naming of Nelson Mandela Pl., then home of the apartheid S. African Consulate. Mandela Pl. will be the site of the statue of Mandela from 9th Oct. 2026

Glasgow Lord Provost Robert Gray, Essop Pahad (African National Congress) and Bailie Patricia Chalmers at the naming ceremony of Nelson Mandela Place 16th June, 1986

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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) @actsa-uk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Starting on Channel 4 this Sunday! The first episode of a landmark new three-part documentary series Free Nelson Mandela It tells the story of Nelson Mandela's journey from activist to political prisoner, and the extraordinary people-powered campaign for his freedom in South Africa and worldwide⤵️

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

On 26th & 27th April 1994 South Africa held its first free non-racial election, ending whites-only rule, electing a new Government and making Nelson Mandela the country's President. The 26th was for infirm voters and was also the day for exiles to vote abroad - including in Glasgow City Chambers.

A facsimile ballot paper used in voter education in advance of the election.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The web address for the resource has changed but not been updated in the NMSMF website article. Apologies. See now bit.ly/Mandelaschools

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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) @actsa-uk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The history of Anglo American, the largest South African company in the 20th century, is inextricably linked to the systematic exposure, disease & death of hundreds of thousands of gold miners. They deserve justice - finally Read this piece by Justice For Miners in our latest report: bit.ly/4lBGpof

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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

44 years ago this week, a bomb was detonated at 28 Penton St, the exiledANC HQ. Carried out by SA's apartheid regime to disrupt solidarity & resistance. Today, we rebuild the site, the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre. What was meant to silence strengthened the struggle. #AntiApartheidLegacy #OnThisDay

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Concrete foundations have now been laid at the site in Nelson Mandela Place of the coming statue of Nelson Mandela, ready for the installation of the plinth and the statue itself in due course. The pavement has been relaid on top, to await October. See mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande...

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Nelson Mandela Memorial - Another Milestone! - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

The week of the 6th of March, saw the early construction of the foundations for the memorial. Organised by our principal contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine, the site at Nelson Mandela...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The latest update on progress with the Mandela statue in Glasgow is now on the NMSMF website at mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande... Alan Herriot has been working fast on the clay model, and this will move on to Powderhall foundry within days for casting. Oct. 9th is the unveiling target.

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Nelson Mandela Memorial - A Stunning Work in Progress! - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

Since the appointment of Alan B Herriot to create our statue of Mandela, progress has been excellent. All of the arduous planning and fund-raising with the support of many is...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

On 11th Feb 1990 Nelson Mandela was freed to a joyous welcome. In Glasgow a huge crowd celebrated in Mandela Place, where our new statue will soon honour Mandela and his lessons for social justice. Our schools resource pack "When Mandela danced in the Square" is at bit.ly/Mandelaschools

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Sculptor Alan B Herriot selected to create the statue of Nelson Mandela in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. A public consultation on 5 shortlisted designs led to much interest and over 500 detailed responses. Target date 9 Oct.2026. See mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande... Donations welcome too

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Nelson Mandela Memorial - Sculptor announced - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

Following a successful Design Competition and Public Consultation, we are delighted to announce that Alan B Herriot has been selected from a shortlist of 5 amazing designs, to complete the...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A short video of a walk round the Mandela maquettes in Glasgow at mandelascottishmemorial.org/whats-new-se... gives a good view and brief account of each of the five works. The full online display and comment form is at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey Display live in City Chambers till Fri. 14th Nov. 4pm

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Cllr Anthony Carroll @anthonycarroll.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Wonderful to see the shortlist designs of the Nelson Mandela statue, to be unveiled next year from @mandelasmf.bsky.social 💚 It'll be a symbol of Glasgow's solidarity in standing with those oppressed in the heart of the city✊️ Come along to the City chambers until Friday 14th to see the shortlist 💚

One of the shortlist design proposals for a statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Mandela Statue consultation begins! The display online of photos/videos of the 5 maquettes will go live at 11am on Fri.7th Nov. at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey The actual stunning scale models will be on display in Glasgow City Chambers every day Mon 10-Fri 14 Nov. for anyone to look and leave comments.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Mandela statue public consultation.Maquettes of designs from 5 sculptors competing to create the Nelson Mandela statue planned for Mandela Place,Glasgow, will be on public view in Glasgow City Chambers (George Square) between 7th & 14th Nov. Book your visit at bit.ly/Mandelaconsult & give your views

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation | Scheduling and Booking Website

Public viewing in Glasgow City Chambers and a chance to comment on five maquettes (miniature statues) from five prominent sculptors competing to create a statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow to celebra...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Poet and ANC activist Benjamin Moloise was hanged 40 years ago today 18th Oct. for a murder he did not commit. A picket of the S.African consulate in Glasgow called for his reprieve as did the UN, USA and USSR. Glasgow Council had just agreed to rename the consulate address Nelson Mandela Place.

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ACTSA Scotland (Action for Southern Africa) @actsascotland.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The legacy of the apartheid era still lives on in the suffering of asbestos victims.We were privileged in Scotland to host four S. African asbestos campaigners in 2000, introducing them to campaigners here for those poisoned from installing the asbestos that had damaged the S. Africans who mined it.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

On 9th Oct.1993 Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow to accept the Freedom of Glasgow and 8 other councils. We hope the same date in 2026 will see the unveiling of his statue in Mandela Place. Maquettes by the 5 shortlisted sculptors will be on show next month. Bookings link soon here & at bit.ly/NMSMF

Mandela dancing with Marah Louw on the stage in George Square from which he addressed a crowd of thousands, and where Marah sang before they spontaneously began to dance, to the roars of the crowd.

Poster for the public rally in George Square. A2 reproductions available at bit.ly/mandelaebay

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We were pleased to commission this resource, and are glad it's being used in schools in Scotland and is available across the world. The response from teachers and students has been very positive.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

23-09-1990 saw the opening day and launch concert of the Sechaba International Conference and Festival of Cultural Resistance to Apartheid in Glasgow by the Scottish Anti-Apartheid Movement,STUC and ANC with Govan Mbeki as keynote speaker and a two-week programme of cultural events of all kinds.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Five great sculptors are shortlisted for creating a tribute to Nelson Mandela in Mandela Place, Glasgow. Paul Ferriter, Hector Guest, Alan Herriot, Kenny Hunter and David Mitchell will create maquettes for a public consultation in November. See bit.ly/NMSMF for more info. Donations welcome there too

Mandela salutes a large crowd in George Square, Glasgow, 9 Oct. 1993, after a ceremony conferring the Freedom of Glasgow and 8 other local authorities on him, all originally given in absentia while he was still imprisoned. Glasgow was first in the world, in 1981.

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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

🕊️ #Onthisday 1982, Ruth First - journalist, activist & fearless truth-teller - was assassinated by apartheid agents in Mozambique. Her story lives on, her likeness captured in a student portrait for the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre. More in Blog. ✊🏽 #RuthFirst #OTD #WomensMonth #art #antiapartheid

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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🕊️ #OTD 20 Aug we honour Dulcie September (1935–1988) -teacher, activist, ANC rep in Europe. Jailed, tortured, exiled, she exposed apartheid’s crimes. Assassinated in Paris, her killers were never tried. More antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/ega-school-h... #art #EGAschool student Sophia #antiapartheid

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 18/07/2025

Today on #MandelaDay we honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. It is a day to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and commit to making a positive impact in our own communities.

Photo of Dr. Nelson Mandela. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.”

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

On 26th June 1955 3000 people from all over South Africa gathered to discuss and adopt the Freedom Charter, the manifesto and "great beacon" for the liberation struggle. Read Brian Filling on the massive consultation, radical content and lasting importance of the Charter bit.ly/FreedomChart...

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South Africa belongs to all who live in it! 75th anniversary of the Freedom Charter - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

On 26 June 1955 the Freedom Charter was adopted by the Congress of the People (COP) at Kliptown, near Johannesburg, South Africa. Some 3000 delegates from across the country attended...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We remember the Soweto children shot down by police on 16June1976 at a mammoth peaceful protest, and the 1000 others killed in the resulting year-long uprising. It mobilised a generation. On the 10th anniversary in 1986 the Glasgow home of the apartheid Consulate was renamed Nelson Mandela Place.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

On 12th June 1988 30,000 people marched through Glasgow with the Anti-Apartheid Movement and rallied on Glasgow Green to call for the release of Nelson Mandela for his 70th birthday. Oliver Tambo, Trevor Huddleston, Alan Boesak, Andimba Toivo ja Toivo, Abdul Minty and others addressed the crowd.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

On 10th May 1994 Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President of South Africa, and could take on the fresh and enormous challenge of starting to build the new society for which he and so many others had struggled and suffered over many decades. We salute his memory and his inspiration for us all.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We are at the STUC Congress in the Caird Hall, Dundee, till Wednesday with our ACTSA Scotland and NMSMF stall. If you are attending Congress look by and see us in the exhibition hall.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

On this anniversary of South Africa's first fully free and non-racial election, for which Nelson Mandela and so many sacrificed so much to achieve, we are pleased to announce the opening of our competition for a sculptor for a permanent memorial to Mandela in Glasgow. See bit.ly/statuecomp

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Bronze Sculpture Commission: Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We mark 65 years today since the dreadful massacre at Sharpeville by apartheid police. Now SA Human Rights Day and UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Working for human rights is a never ending duty. bit.ly/NMSMF bit.ly/3a8HA9l x.com/TamboFoundat...

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Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960 | South African History Online

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

65 years ago today the massacre by apartheid police of 69 peaceful protestors at Sharpeville shocked the world and transformed the anti-apartheid struggle in S. Africa and abroad. Now International Day against racial discrimination. bit.ly/3a8HA9l bit.ly/NMSMF x.com/mandelasmf/s...

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Welcome to the Scottish Nelson Mandela Memorial Campaign - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation is raising funds for a statue of Nelson Mandela and an education project to remind Scots of their proud history of solidarity with the...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Condolences on the death of Sam Nujoma who fought for Namibia's freedom from apartheid S. African occupation, and then was first President of free Namibia. Brian Filling was Chair of Anti-Apartheid in Scotland, which campaigned on Namibia for many years and hosted the 1987 visit.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee was proud to host Sam Nujoma on a visit to Scotland in 1987, with packed rallies in Glasgow and Edinburgh, a conference of the leaders of major Scottish organisations, and local authority receptions. We mourn his death.

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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) @actsa-uk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

On 11 Feb 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of prison, after 27 years. He had only narrowly avoided a death sentence but had been ready to accept this. To overturn apartheid South Africa many were prepared to give everything. This courage inspired ACTSA to be formed soon after Mandela became President

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

11th. Feb. is 35 years since Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison for defying apartheid, a decisive step towards the first free election in 1994. In Glasgow the crowd that gathered in Nelson Mandela Place to celebrate grew so large that the street was closed. See bit.ly/NM11-2-90

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Commemorating Mandela’s release 35 years on – donate to Mandela statue - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

Today is the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from 27 years in prison. The world celebrated, not least In Glasgow where a large crowd gathered in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow, filling...

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

On 8th January 1912 the South African Native National Congress was founded to work for the rights of black South Africans. In 1923 it became the African National Congress. It was the main liberation movement in South Africa until the first free election in 1994, which made Nelson Mandela President.

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Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A key part of our work is to fund and erect a statue of Mandela in Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, once the site of the Consulate of apartheid S. Africa, and the focus of much AAM protest.This will serve as a visual aid for ongoing educational work, already begun.See bit.ly/NMSMF bit.ly/WhenMandela

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Welcome to the Scottish Nelson Mandela Memorial Campaign - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation is raising funds for a statue of Nelson Mandela and an education project to remind Scots of their proud history of solidarity with the...

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