Workers have been digging “trial trenches” at the proposed site.
back in April 2021, following a successful campaign which began in 2017 with the support of Sir Alex Ferguson.
Once analysed, the results of the dig should enable a building warrant to be granted, which will then allow the charity to proceed to launch a competition to find a sculptor. The charity has sourced a large block of granite from South Africa for the statue’s plinth, with the charity in “the process of its acquisition”. Once it arrives inOctober 9, 2023, will mark 30 years since Mandela addressed a crowd of thousands in Glasgow’s George Square while on a visit to thank the city, which became the world’s first to grant him the Freedom of the City in 1981 while he was still incarcerated on Robben Island.
“December 5, 2023, is the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death. So, it is fitting that the competition for the design of the statue is launched in 2023.”Glasgow was on the right side of history over Nelson Mandela support, says former Lord Provost
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