News – Mandela Day
Students who love to read inspire opening of Mandela Day library at North West school
3 December 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
Friday 30 November, 2012 marked the opening of the 21st Mandela Day Container Library at Kebinelang Middle School in Manthe village (near Hartswater), in the North West province, five hours west of Johannesburg.
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A banner of birthday messages for Madiba
12 September 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
Learners from Theo Wassenaar Primary School in Robertsham, south of Gauteng, visited the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory recently to hand over a special birthday gift for Nelson Mandela.
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Ahmed Kathrada remembers heroes of the struggle on Mandela Day
12 September 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
The ethos of International Nelson Mandela Day is to take action and inspire change – not just on Madiba’s birthday, but every day.
Across the globe individuals and groups take part in Mandela Day in various ways, from helping out at care centres and schools to planting trees and handing out food parcels to those in need.
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MTN Y'ello Rose benefiting Free State community
5 September 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
SAfm presenter and one of the inaugural MTN Y’ello Rose beneficiaries Tsepiso Makwetla partnered with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and pre-eminent local film producer Anant Singh to launch a film project at the Aha Setjhaba Primary School in the Free State yesterday, 4 September.
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Mandela Day Libraries Project 2012
2 September 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
The Mandela Day Libraries Project, which began in 2011 with the establishment of 13 libraries in primary schools throughout South Africa, kicked off its 2012 programme with the opening of two new container libraries in August.
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International Nelson Mandela Day Build Week
Thank you South Africa
23 July 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
Hundreds of South Africans responded to Habitat for Humanity’s call to join them in the quest to build 67 houses across the country. The initiative, Habitat for Humanity’s International Nelson Mandela Day Build Week, saw houses being built to commemorate International Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July.
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Statement by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Mandela Day 2012
19 July 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
The greatest gift our nation could possibly give uTata Nelson Mandela for his 94th birthday this week would be to emulate his magnanimity and grace.
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Mandela Day is not a once-off
12 July 2012 | Verne Harris | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Mandela Day
The Nelson Mandela Centre welcomes the kind of robust critique Luther Lebelo offered in his assessment of Nelson Mandela International Day (An insult to Mandela, July 10).
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July 2012: set to be the biggest Mandela Day month yet
30 June 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
As we enter the month of July, Nelson Mandela’s birth month and the month that brings us Mandela Day each one of us will begin to reflect on how we are going to do our little bit in service of others.
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Launch of Mandela Day Pick n Pay book drive
Helping South Africa’s children learn to love books
28 June 2012 | Category: Mandela Day
Giving students at disadvantaged schools access to books is the focus of the Pick n Pay Mandela Day book drive, which was launched on Thursday 28 June at the Pick n Pay head office in Kensington, Johannesburg.
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