Nelson Mandela Foundation

‘Afrikaans-speaking doctor operates on Mandela’ – Read an excerpt from Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher

Read an excerpt from Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher – the Afrikaans-speaking doctor who performed surgery on Nelson Mandela.

Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher: The true story behind the chaos when an Afrikaans doctor operated on Nelson Mandela

What happened in the late 1980s when a white, Afrikaans doctor performed surgery on Nelson Mandela? Willem Laubscher tells all in Operation Mandela.

[Details released] Don’t miss a conversation with Melinda Gates in South Africa!

Pan Macmillan South Africa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are delighted to host Melinda Gates, in conversation with Redi Tlhabi, about her book The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.

Don’t miss a #FeesMustFall panel discussion with Adam Habib, Wandile Ngcaweni and Sarah Mokwebo at the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Adam Habib, Wandile Ngcaweni and Sarah Mokwebo will take part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Narratives of Change: Reflecting on Movements in South Africa’.

‘The world has a view of Nelson Mandela as a cuddly teddy bear’ – Sahm Venter discusses The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

‘The world generally has a view of Nelson Mandela as being this cuddly teddy bear, or this grandfatherly person, because he was a grandfather when he came out of prison.’

Don’t miss the launch of I Remember Nelson Mandela in Joburg

I Remember Nelson Mandela is a collection of remembrances from more than one hundred individuals, from household staff to bodyguards and presidential advisors.

Don’t miss the launch of this important new book – The Knock on the Door: The Story of the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee

Pan Macmillan invites you to the launch of The Knock on the Door: The Story of the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee by Terry Shakinovsky and Sharon Cort.