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Happy birthday, Tata!Commuters in Rosebank, Cape Town, are being greeted with a huge colourful banner stretched across the front of 24-on-Main as the tenants Bizcommunity.com, Capefilm , Asylum, Popcorn, Orijin and the other tenants pay tribute to Madiba on his 90th birthday. The initiative from landlord, Roger Orpen, includes all of the first names of employees of the respective companies, accompanied by good wishes to the former president. All Bizcommunity.com staff are included. Orpen says, “We had to come up with a noticeable tribute to someone we all admire. As we are companies in a creative industry, we decided to personalise the message, give it lots of colour in line with the occasion and make a big enough shout to be noticed among all the other tributes to a great man”. Don't forget to add your own birthday wishes for Madiba on our special tribute page. For other initiatives, read yesterday's article Wishing Madiba happy birthday in oh-so-many ways and today's article on our sister portal Africa Marketing, The world wishes Madiba a Happy 90th Birthday. Further birthday messagesIn the meantime, here is the text of the special birthday video message from FIFA president Joseph S Blatter which is being aired today by the SABC and will also be available for viewing at www.FIFA.com: Today we celebrate a very special birthday - your 90th birthday. There is no greater symbol of Africa's Humanity than you - Nelson Mandela - and what you stand for. You have given more than your share to your country and your continent, you have dedicated your lifetime to the promotion of human rights and democracy and you have led the endless fight for freedom not only of your people, the South Africans, but of all mankind. And that is why you received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. To view the birthday messages from Dr Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa and Lumko Mtimde, CEO of the Media Development and Diversity Agency, go to our special tribute page here. |