The Red Location Museum of Struggle in New Brighton in the Nelson Mandela Bay has been awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building.

Deputy Executive Mayor Bicks Ndoni is currently on his way to Italy to receive the award at the Palladian Olympic Theatre in Vicenza tomorrow evening.

The award comes days after Neoro Wolff Architects had received the Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), an award considered to be the equal in architectural circles to Hollywood's prestigious Oscars.

The Red Location Museum won another international architectural and civil engineering award in the World Leadership Awards in London six months ago (December 2005).

Mr Ndoni was elated when he received the news the Museum would be awarded for the third time.

"This is fantastic and I am very happy that we pulled through very tough times to ensure the Museum became a reality.

“Hopefully everybody will now be able to understand the importance of this Museum and appreciate the efforts of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to deliver world class attractions, which will ultimately go a long way towards the development of our communities,” he said.

The Deputy Executive Mayor, together with the architects, Messrs Jo Noero and Heinrich Wolff, will be given the plaques certifying the award on the stage of the Palladian Olympic Theatre.

The purpose of this award is to congratulate the municipality for its foresight to envisage such a project, and follow through with this project.