Madiba: Media Resources
- By Wits University
To celebrate and commemorate the life and tremendous achievements of the late president Nelson Mandela, Wits University has compiled this resources page comprising material and historical papers hosted in our archives. Below is also a list of commentators who can speak on the life and times of Madiba from a political, historical and cultural perspective.
MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES:
A video produced and directed in recent years by Lieza Louw, Wits School of Arts, and featuring Prof. Phil Bonner from the Wits History Workshop.
For images of Nelson Mandela at Wits University – as a student, receiving his honorary doctorate and other visits, click here
Links to digitised archive material on Madiba. It is free and open for the public to view but some items may be subject to copyright and permission if it is to be republished. Permission can be obtained from Michele Pickover, Principal Curator: Archives and Digital Library, Historical Papers Research Archive on 27 11 717 1940 or email michele.pickover@wits.ac.za
OTHER RESOURCES:
A statement issued by Wits University on the passing of former president Nelson Mandela can be accessed here
Wits University conferred an honorary doctorate on Mandela on 6 September 1991. The citation can be accessed here
Wits Review, the University's alumni magazine, reflected on the icon's life in its July edition this year.
WITS EXPERTS:
Prof. Sarah Nuttall (Mandela’s legacy)
Director: Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
Email: sarah.nuttall@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 82 887 7169
Tel: 27 11 717 4232
Read Professor Nuttall's opinion piece on The mortality of Nelson Mandela published in the Mail & Guardian on 5 April 2013.
Prof. Achille Mbembe (Mandela’s life and times)
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
Email: achillembembe@hotmail.com or achille.mbembe@wits.ac.za
Cell: 919 638 5712
Tel: 27 11 717 4225
Prof. Adam Habib (Political analyst)
Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Email: adam.habib@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 83 301 6536
Tel: 27 11 717 1102
Associate Professor Noor Nieftagodien (Historical perspective)
Head: History Workshop at Wits
School of Social Sciences
Email: noor.nieftagodien@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 82 457 4103
Tel: 27 11 717 4284
Prof. Daryl Glaser (Political perspective)
Head: Political Studies at Wits
School of Social Sciences
Email: daryl.glaser@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 76 140 7340
Tel: 27 11 717 4373
Professor Glaser can speak on Madiba’s significance in relation to the achievement (or non-achievement) of values like liberty, democracy, social justice, shared prosperity and domestic peace; political controversies surrounding Mandela; his importance as a symbolic resource for the ANC and country; and the struggle by competing groups to appropriate his legacy.
Prof. Tawana Kupe (Mandela as an icon)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Finance and Operations
Email: tawana.kupe@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 78 459 6041
Tel: 27 11 717 1141
Prof. Anton Harber
Head: Wits Journalism
Email: anton@harber.co.za
Cell: 083 303 9497
Prof. Susan Booysen (Political analyst)
Graduate School of Public and Development Management
Email: susan.booysen@wits.ac.za
Cell: 27 83 290 1636
Tel: 27 11 717 3632