Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
A nine-metre high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (unveiled on Monday 16 December 2013)
The statue is of Madiba with his arms outstretched to symbolise his embrace of the whole nation. One of his legs is in front of the other to indicate a nation on the move. From fingertip to fingertip the statue is 8 metres wide.
The statue stands on the spot where Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
The video wil also gives you an impression of what to expect when you visit this National Heritage Site.
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A new statue honouring Nelson Mandela was unveiled at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
A gigantic new statue honouring late former president Nelson Mandela was unveiled at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
It's inauguration coincided with the December 16th Day of Reconciliation, and President Jacob Zuma also announced that the Union Buildings has been declared a National Heritage site.
Nelson Mandela's statue unveiled in Pretoria
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A new statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled on Reconciliation Day on Monday. Standing nine metres tall, it joins the list of Madiba statues that includes those in Johannesburg, London and Washington DC.
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A nine metre-high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela with his arms outstretched to symbolise unity and reconciliation was unveiled in Pretoria on Monday, a day after the multi-racial nation buried its former president and anti-apartheid hero.
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As the body of Nelson Mandela lies in state for the third day ahead of his funeral on Sunday, a permanent tribute to the founding father of South Africa will be raised in Pretoria at the government headquarters. teleSUR
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South Africa’s principled stance of supporting the freedom of the people of Palestine has been reaffirmed. At the unveiling of a statue of former president Nelson Mandela in the west bank city of Ramallah, ambassador Ashram Suleman said South Africa had enhanced its strategic relationship with Palestine.
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Controversy over Nelson Mandela Statue in south africa
A sculpture of a bunny has been discovered in the ear of a 30-foot bronze statue of Nelson Mandela erected Dec. 16, the day after his funeral, at Union Buildings in Pretoria, capital of South Africa, the Associated Press and the BBC report.
The South African government is calling for the removal of the object, which was supposed to be the signature of the sculptors Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren.
There are deliberations at present on how best to retain the integrity of the sculpture without causing any damage or disfigurement, according to a statement issued by the Department of Arts and Culture.
The artists have apologized for inserting the rabbit without permission, and officials are reportedly figuring out a way for them to sign the statue in a more appropriate way.
As Mogomotsi Mogodiri, spokesman for South Africa's Department of Arts and Culture, told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio show: We don't think it's appropriate because Nelson Mandela never had a rabbit on his ear.
Nelson Mandela's Statue at the Union buildings
Nelson Mandela's Statue at the Union buildings , Paying a tribute to the greatest ever lived , the legendary Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela , Aka the father of the nation in South Africa , this is a new 9 meter tall bronze statue of this world icon situated in front of the union buildings in Pretoria South Africa , which is the same place where Dr Nelson Mandela was inuguarated as South Africa' s first black and democratic elected president . This is also the same place where his body was put in for public viewing for a couple of days before his funeral . Salute to this one of a kind freedom fighter , 100% captured with Go Pro hero 3 Black edition .
Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu, statue unveiled in Pretoria
A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, has been unveiled in the capital, Pretoria, a day after he was buried. Mandela was given a state funeral at his ancestral home Qunu on Sunday.
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Nelson Mandela 30ft bronze statue unveiled
A 30ft statue of Nelson Mandela is unveiled on a holiday dedicated to reconciliation, 24 hours after the solemn burial of the icon credited with South Africa's peaceful transition.
The 30ft bronze colossus was officially unwrapped by President Jacob Zuma on the lawns of the Union Buildings, the seat of government in Pretoria where Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president in 1994.
Monday's ceremony also marked the centenary in November of the building where apartheid-era heads of state signed off on many of the racial laws Mr Mandela spent most of his life fighting against.
It is at the Union Buildings that the man lovingly called the father of the nation lay in state for three days last week, as up to 100,000 people stood in hours-long queues to file past his open casket and pay their last respects.
Ten days of mourning declared after Mandela died on December 5 at the age of 95, officially ended at midnight on Sunday.
From Monday, the national flag will be raised from its half-mast position and fly as normal, said the government.
December 16 has been commemorated in South Africa for over 150 years.
It was at first called Day of the Covenant, honouring a victory of the early Afrikaners, mainly descendents of Dutch settlers, over the Zulus in an 1838 clash that became known as the Battle of Blood River.
Some Afrikaners still mark the day today.
But it is also the anniversary of the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) - the armed wing of the now ruling African National Congress, of which Mandela was the first commander in chief.
After South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, the day was symbolically retained as a holiday and renamed Day of Reconciliation.
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The world's biggest statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled. The former South African president's grandson, Mandla Mandela, and the current president, Jacob Zuma attended the ceremony in Pretoria. The nine metre bronze figure weighs 4.5 tonnes and is the largest of the anti-apartheid hero in the world so far. Report by Anna Collinson.
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City of Cape Town unveil statue of Mandela to honour struggle icon
In 1990 Moments after Nelson Mandela Walked out of victor vester prison he gave his first speech on the grand Parade.
Today, 28 years later, the city of cape town unveiled a bronze statue of Nelson Mandela to honour the struggle hero.
Cape Town mayor Patricia de lille hopes the statue will remind people what the father of the nation fought for during the struggle.
Western Cape Tourism MEC Alan Winde is excited about the statue being an attraction for tourists to learn about the cities past.
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