BMW South Africa has donated former president Nelson Mandela’s
BMW 7-Series Security Vehicle to the 46664 Mandela Day School Library Project. The
office of the Nelson Mandela returned the car to BMW at the end of its service
life and it has been restored and is currently on display at the Franschoek Motor
Museum.
The customised BMW 7-Series, fitted with a blue light grill,
will be auctioned in the coming months and will undoubtedly generate interest
from avid car collectors and museums worldwide.
Robert Coutts, CEO of 46664 BANGLE Initiative, said that “It
is important that we balance the preservation of history surrounding the car
with the commercial reality of funding the next phase of the 46664 Mandela Day
School Library project. We hope that the car will find a home in a museum in
South Africa so the history is preserved appropriately in our own country. Once
the car has been sold for the price we anticipate, it means we would be in a
position to deliver one library every 6 weeks for a year”.
“With 90% of South African schools without libraries, there
is a glaringly huge gap in the resources necessary to educate young children.
As BMW we are happy to make a contribution to this excellent initiative as the
country seeks sustainable solutions to its education challenges,” says Bodo
Donauer, BMW South Africa’s Managing Director.
The first two libraries, as agreed, will be placed at schools in the communities surrounding BMW’s Plant Rosslyn, north of Pretoria as this is where the majority of BMW’s workers come from.
News Source: BMW South Africa
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