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Celebrating the Ann Bryant Art Gallery's existence for 75 year's.

The Ann Bryant Art Gallery is seeking artists to create an A3 size artwork on how they interpret its the space. Artists can collect a High Quality A3 paper from the Ann Bryant Art Gallery.

Decorative artefact- an L-shaped wooden art decorated by wools representing the African National Congress (ANC) colours- black, yellow and green.

Certificate- Scroll of Honour certificate from the Southern Transvaal African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STACCI)- an affiliate of NAFCOC (the National African Federation Federated Chamber of Commerce).

In light of the passing of iNkosi Ngangomhlaba Matanzima and that the AbaThembu Nation is in mourning, a decision by the Nelson Mandela Museum has been made to postpone the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela Statue. The unveiling of the statue was scheduled to take place on the 28^th of February 2022.

The decision to postpone the event was after deliberation with the Office of the Minister in the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and Nelson Mandela Family. The Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Museum Mr. Bonke Tyhulu stated that the decision was made to ensure that we give respect and support to the Matanzima Family and the AbaThembu Nation during the time of mourning.

Nelson Mandela Museum, an entity of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has set aside the 28^th of February 2022 to unveil the statue of Nelson Mandela at its administrative site in Mthatha.

On the 10^th February 2022, the Nelson Mandela Museum in partnership with the National Museums of Kenya hosted an International Museum Summit in Mthatha which marked the 32^nd anniversary of Dr Nelson Mandela ‘s release from prison.