{"id":19459,"date":"2023-10-02T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=19459"},"modified":"2023-10-02T23:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:22:27","slug":"malala-to-deliver-nelson-mandela-lecture-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/malala-to-deliver-nelson-mandela-lecture-in-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Malala to deliver Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai will deliver the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa, announced the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X \u2014 formerly known as Twitter \u2014 the NMF acting Chief Executive Verne Harris said: \u201cScheduled for 5 December 2023, this lecture holds special significance as it coincides with the tenth anniversary of Madiba\u2019s passing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are honoured to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Malala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Malala<\/a>, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has graciously accepted our invitation to deliver the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for 5 December 2023, this lecture holds special significance as it coincides with the tenth anniversary of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0rPWMQflzH\">pic.twitter.com\/0rPWMQflzH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NelsonMandela (@NelsonMandela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NelsonMandela\/status\/1708797136228266169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture is one of the foundation\u2019s flagship programmes to honour its founder \u2014 Mandela.<\/p>\n<p>Mandela, who died in 2013 aged 95, became South Africa&#8217;s first black president in 1994. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his efforts to promote racial reconciliation in his racially scarred nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalala embodies the type of leadership we believe the world needs across all levels of society. In the face of current global challenges, which can seem daunting, she stands as an inspiring symbol of hope for a just and equitable future,\u201d said Harris.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention here that Malala \u2014 the world&#8217;s youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner \u2014 will be the youngest speaker who will deliver the Nelson Mandela lecture.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/what-does-malala-yousafzai-love-about-her-husband.html\">What does Malala Yousafzai love about her husband?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In October 2012, Malala \u2014 then 15 years old \u2014 was shot in the head at point-blank range by the Taliban gunmen as she was returning from her school in Swat valley.<\/p>\n<p>She suffered bullet injuries and was admitted to the military hospital in Peshawar but was later flown to London for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting drew widespread international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>She has become an internationally recognised symbol of resistance to the Taliban&#8217;s efforts to deny women education and other rights.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Malala became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 in recognition of her efforts for children&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai will deliver the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa, announced the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) on Monday. Taking to X \u2014 formerly known as Twitter \u2014 the NMF acting Chief Executive Verne Harris said: \u201cScheduled for 5 December 2023, this lecture holds special significance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,2],"tags":[3112,10111],"class_list":["post-19459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-pakistan","tag-malala-yousafzai","tag-nelson-mandela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}