Dimension Data launches Be Part of the Miracle at the premiere o
Dimension Data launches Be Part of the Miracle at the premiere o
Dimension Data has launched an online platform, bepartofthemiracle.com, to coincide with the screening of Miracle Rising: South Africa, a 90-minute documentary of the four years between the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 to the elections in 1994. This documentary and online platform is part of the broad based black economic empowerment transaction that is lead by Convergence Partners.
The documentary screened on South African television on Sunday, 10th February for the first time before a worldwide release that will be broadcast in 57 languages to more than 300-million television households in 150 countries.
“The aim of Be Part of the Miracle site is to inspire and learn from one another, and to encourage civil society to ask themselves, each day what they can do to make a difference in the world and ‘be part of the miracle’,” says Andile Ngcaba, Dimension Data’s Middle East & Africa (DDMEA) Chairman.
“We hope that with the participation of South Africans and our African counterparts, this very special Web site will become a resource centre that individuals – especially the youth – can visit to find out about the ‘miracle’ that is South Africa.”
“As South Africans, we are all part of the miracle. The philosophy behind the group’s commitment was then, and today still remains, nation building,” says Jeremy Ord, Chairman of documentary sponsor Dimension Data Holdings.
“We wanted to remind the people of South Africa, and the world at large, how far South Africa has come since 1990. Creating this unique piece of social content is testimony to everything that South Africans have endured and achieved.”