Hilton College, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 19950717. PHOTO: ANC Archives. The President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, fondly known as Madiba, celebrated his 78th birthday with more than 2,000 children who are living with disability in disadvantaged communities across the county. The day-long birthday extravaganza was held on the 17th July 1996 on the grounds of Hilton College near Pietermaritzburg in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. In advance of the day's festivities, the invited children were examined and treated by a team of orthopaedic specialists and physiotherapists. Many of them were given life-changing wheelchairs. Madiba was delighted to be able to share his 100kg birthday cake, ablaze with 78 candles, with the children and their carers, circus performers who provided much of the entertainment, and other assembled guests. The event has the backing of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Nelson Mandela was born on the 18th July 1918 in Mvezo, a small village in the Eastern Cape.
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Headline: The President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, celebrated his 78th birthday with more than 2,000 children who were living with disabilities in disadvantaged communities across the county Title: Newspaper Cutting Description: Hilton College, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 19950717. PHOTO: ANC Archives. The President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, fondly known as Madiba, celebrated his 78th birthday with more than 2,000 children who are living with disability in disadvantaged communities across the county. The day-long birthday extravaganza was held on the 17th July 1996 on the grounds of Hilton College near Pietermaritzburg in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. In advance of the day's festivities, the invited children were examined and treated by a team of orthopaedic specialists and physiotherapists. Many of them were given life-changing wheelchairs. Madiba was delighted to be able to share his 100kg birthday cake, ablaze with 78 candles, with the children and their carers, circus performers who provided much of the entertainment, and other assembled guests. The event has the backing of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Nelson Mandela was born on the 18th July 1918 in Mvezo, a small village in the Eastern Cape. Sublocation: Hilton College City: Pietermaritzburg Province or State: KwaZulu-Natal Country: South Africa Date Created: 17-07-1995 Creator: ANC Archives Credit Notice: ANC Archives / african.pictures Keywords: Rights usage terms: At the time of the collection of the ANC Archive, the African National Congress was a liberation movement. The nature of the archive, then, reflects this reality. To safeguard those involved in gathering the information and records that could further the objectives of the organisation, it was imperative that those gathering such information should remain anonymous. As a result, the creators of material held in the ANC Archives is often unknown and thus, unless otherwise stated, this asset is considered an orphan work and is made available to license on the basis that it is in the public good to enable the material to be used to tell the story of the ANC and of the liberation struggle in South Africa and around the world. Wherever possible we would like to identify rights holders ensuring that they are correctly credited and that there is an agreement in place to enable us to license on their behalf. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify african.pictures. Unless otherwise stated the default rights statement on material in the ANC Archive is "Unknown Rightsholder" and the associated rights statement can be found here: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/