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Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Mandela Square

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Mandela Square

Mandela Square

Situated in the heart of Sandton Central, in Johannesburg, the Nelson Mandela Square is sur­roun­ded by world-class hotels and res­taur­ants. The pop­u­lar Sandton City Shopping Centre is adja­cent to the Square and is a shopper’s paradise.

Sandton Square made head­lines in 2004 when, as com­mem­or­at­ing South Africa’s first dec­ade of demo­cracy, a spe­cially donated six metre bronze statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled, and the square aptly renamed Nelson Mandela Square at Sandton City. The statue was sculp­ted by Kobus Hattingh and Jacob Maponyane and weighs over 2.5 tons meas­ur­ing 2.3 metres from elbow to elbow. The shoulders of the statue are 1.7 metres in width and the shoes are 1 metre in length. Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues