The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global challenge and the Nelson Mandela Foundation has joined with partners to support South Africans and their government in their fight against the virus.
As an increasingly vaccinated world starts fighting its way back to a semblance of normality, it’s almost time again for the eagerly-anticipated annual Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (MRWR), taking place this year on Sunday 5 December 2021.
Securing the rule of law, respecting all people, and building trust between law enforcement agencies and the public are crucial for South Africa’s future. This was the key theme of a week-long visit to Munich, Germany, by a senior delegation of South Africans.
A critical issue we need to grapple with in post-apartheid South Africa is informality and inequality, owing to apartheid and post-apartheid urbanisation pressures, specifically around access to well-located urban land.
Asisebenzi, Madiba, Siyawa. The past is a dangerous place, the present is dissolving with anxieties and the future is barren. We convulse in a breathlessness of meanings to make of this vast and violent place. Have you forsaken us?
The very different lives and narratives of two people have been top of mind for me in the last few days: Gogo Adelaide Dlamini from Mamelodi, and South African billionaire Robert Hersov.
The Foundation's archivists recently spoke to Beth von Schreeb, who donated to its archive photographs she took of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo meeting for the first time in 28 years.
Join a discussion that explores how to achieve socio-economic justice in South Africa.
Join the Foundation for a virtual dialogue on 8 July 2021 with Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille and Adv Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, entitled ‘Making cities a home: achieving urban land reform'.
Join us for a lively discussion on whether South Africa's Constitution has fulfilled its promise of dignity for all.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in collaboration with EMS Productions invite you to a dialogue: September Amnesia: Reckoning with the life and still unexplained murder of Dulcie September.
Join Graça Machel, Foundation CE Sello Hatang, Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos and Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga as they discuss the bonds that bind us.
On Saturday 7 November the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Imbumba Foundation and Kolisi Foundation will distribute food packages to child-headed households in Tembisa. This is part of a strategy to fight the scourge of food insecurity in vulnerable communities.
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