Folder 10 (Image 7)

1998-03-05

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

The file consists of one 1998 diary which Nelson Mandela used to take notes of two meetings.

The fifth of 6 pages of the 1998 diary in which Nelson Mandela wrote notes of a meeting with Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. Mandela made a mistake and dated the meeting 5 March 1997 - the meeting was held in 1998.

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Title: Folder 10 (Image 7)
Date: 1998/1998, 1998-03-05
Original Language: English
Transcript:
(h) Three Black generals are commanding the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga & Northern Cape. One black general is Chief of Staff of SANDF. (i) Brought security of tenure on farms to 6 million tenants. (j) R3 billion for poverty alleviation. (k) brought down rate of inflation. brought down budget deficit. (l) put our economy on sound economic fundamentals. Yet, according to the interview, Ndungane accused us of lack of concern for the same people for whom they had fought during the struggle against apartheid. Yet 2.6 million people receive some form of social security – one of the most effective poverty alleviation
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Type: Diary/Calendar
Repository: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Reference code: ZA COM NMPP-2009/8-2-10, 7
Origination: Mandela, Nelson
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Deposited by Nelson Mandela
Finding aids: Finding aid available
Extent and Medium: 1 folder containing 1 diary, 1 page
Creator: Mandela, Nelson
Conditions governing reproduction: Copyright held by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Conditions governing access: Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Collection: Diaries
Alternate forms available: digital copy available