The Nelson Mandela statue on the Union Buildings grounds, Pretoria, Gauteng, of former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, stands 9 metres tall.

[1] The statue was inaugurated by then President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, who in his speech said: You will notice that in all the statues that have been made of Madiba, he is raising his fist and at times stretching it.

According to the artists, Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren, they added the bunny in lieu of signing the sculpture, and in remembrance of how quickly they had to produce it.

(The Afrikaans word "haas" means both rabbit and "quickly" in English.)

After a furore, the artists apologised and the Department of Arts and Culture had the offending bunny removed.