The City urges residents to leave their messages for Tata Madiba.
The City of Cape Town has set up various channels that members of the public can use to leave messages about what the late Nelson Mandela meant to them.
These messages will be collected, bound into a commemorative book and sent to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.
Members of the public can visit any of the commemorative sites across the city to lay flowers or write their messages in special remembrance books. The sites will be open as follows:
Site                                  Date                                      Opening times
Grand Parade, CBD   9 – 15 December 2013     09:00 – 20:00
Civic Centre, CBD     9 – 13 December 2013     08:00 -15:30
OR Tambo Hall, Khayelitsha   9 – 15 December 2013   10:00 – 20:00
Swartklip sports complex, Mitchells Plain   9 – 15 December 2013   10:00 – 20:00
Muizenberg Civic Centre   9 – 15 December 2013   10:00 – 20:00
Vygieskraal sports complex, Athlone   10 – 15 December 2013   10:00 – 20:00
Bellville Velodrome   9 – 15 December 2013     11:00 – 19:00
Wesfleur sports complex, Atlantis   9 – 15 December 2013   10:00 – 20:00
Messages can also be left online.
Just click on the banner of photos of Madiba at the top of the page, or click on the tab on the left that says ‘condolence messages’.
People can use this opportunity to explain what Madiba meant to them, or share their fondest memory of him.
Members of the public have already filled up numerous commemorative books and it is clear that these tributes to Mandela are a source of great comfort during this time of grief. They also serve as a practical way to celebrate Madiba’s life and what he did for our nation.
Those who leave messages, either online or at the commemorative sites, are also given the chance to read the messages of others and to experience other perspectives of the former president. These messages serve to bring communities together, with website posts from Mitchells Plain to London; Claremont to Nairobi.
