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Mandela Legacy Canvas
The City of Cape Town together with Celebrity Services Africa launched the 'famous handprints' project as part of its projects to honour former President Nelson Mandela and his legacy of 'offering peace, and not hatred or revenge'.
The initiative entails, inviting 67 people (Celebrities, Delegates & People who have given back) to participate in the following way:
· To sign a scroll as permanent commitment towards this legacy - (the scroll will later be hang in City hall.)
· To be one of 67 special people to put their handprint on a canvas that will later be sown together to form the South African Flag and will later be auctioned to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
· As a gesture of your commitment to Madiba's legacy, get the opportunity to switch on the light on the Balcony at the City Hall where Nelson Mandela delivered his first speech after his release from prison.
On its website, the Foundation states that Mandela has been making an imprint on the world for 67 years. It thus calls on everyone to devote 67 minutes of their time on Mandela Day on 18 July 'to help make the world a better place'.
Mayor Plato, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, and American R&B superstar, R Kelly, were the first to make their handprints on the canvas at the City Hall, during Cape Town's World Cup Welcome Party on 10 June.
Other celebrities who have followed suit include Prince Albert of Monaco; Boris Johnson, London Mayor; Reggie Bush, US football star; Kimora Lee Simmons, US TV personality; Djimon Hounsou, Hollywood star; Danny K, R&B singer; Lady Smith Black Mambazo; Freshly Ground; Jurgen Klinsmann, German soccer legend; Vanessa Haywood, SA actress; Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon; Dr Danny Jordaan, CEO of FIFA LOC; Horst Schmidt, FIFA consultant; Jeff Radebe, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development; FIFA President Sepp Blatter, ARCHBISHOP Emeritus Desmond Tutu and current & former Bafana Bafana stars Quinton Fortune and Sean Bartlett.
