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Former US President Barack Obama is expected to deliver the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The conference, in partnership with the Motsepe Foundation, comes one day before the Nelson Mandela International Day and its theme is "Renewing Mandela Legacy and Promoting Active Citizenship in a Changing World".
Nearly 9,000 people are expected at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium
The Nelson Mandela Foundation said on its website that the conference would focus on "creating conditions to bridge the gaps, to resist the". Oppression and At the announcement of Obama as Speaker of this year in April, the Foundation's general manager, Sello Hatang, explained: "We said to ourselves:" Who can best represent the Madiba's legacy – who took over when he became president of his own country – who would be able to handle the issues of democracy in a corrupt world? … We needed to 39, an African. "
President Cyril Ramaphosa would have a courtesy call with Obama at 1 pm prior to his delivery conference.
Ramaphosa will also attend the conference at 2:00 pm and a centennial dinner at the Nasrec Expo Center at 7:00 pm.
Since 2003, world leaders have used the conference to talk about issues affecting South Africa, the continent, and the world.
Other dignitaries attending the conference include Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, former US President Jimmy Carter, former South African presidents Jacob Zuma, Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki, Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, King Mswati III, former UN Secretaries General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. – News 24
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