The SABC, Telkom and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have launched a phone-in service inviting members of the public to leave messages of tribute / condolences for Madiba in their home languages.
SABC radio stations will remind listeners regularly about the numbers to call.
Leave your message of tribute / condolences for Madiba - in less than a minute - using the numbers provided below.
The SABC will broadcast some of the messages on its platforms, while all the messages will be archived by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Calls from Telkom landlines and mobile numbers will be free and standard rates apply for all other calls.
To call from within South Africa, please use these numbers:
Use the number indicated to leave a message in your home language
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Afrikaans: 080 033 3802
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English: 080 033 3803
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isiNdebele: 080 033 3804
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San (XKfm) Afrikaans: 080 033 3805
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Sepedi: 080 033 3806
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Sesotho: 080 033 3807
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siSwati: 080 033 3808
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Xitsonga: 080 033 3809
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Setswana: 080 033 3810
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Tshivenda: 080 033 3811
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isiXhosa: 080 033 3812
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isiZulu: 080 033 3813
The following numbers can be called from outside South Africa – these messages will mostly be used on Channel Africa:
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English: Dial 1 +27 123 950 510
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Kiswahili: Dial 2 +27 123 950 510
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Chinyanja: Dial 3 +27 123 950 510
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French: Dial 4 +27 123 950 510
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Silozi: Dial 5 +27 123 950 510
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Portuguese: Dial 6 +27 123 950 510