Invitation to cover: Mandela Day Activations
The Nelson Mandela Foundation would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, 18 July 2019 as we mark the 10th Mandela Day.
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Invitation to cover: Trek4Mandela send-off
On Saturday, the 13th of July, the Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with the Imbumba Foundation will be sending off the 2019 Trek4Mandela Expedition team at OR Tambo International Airport to wish them well on their climb.
Narratives of change
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with the Hans Seidel Foundation and JacanaMedia invites you to join us for a dialogue on 22 June titled, The narratives of change: reflecting on movements in South Africa.
Mandela Day: The Next Chapter
Having enjoyed the global solidarity and support for Madiba’s birthday, a day of action and one to effect change in the lives of millions of people for the past nine years, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has reviewed the Mandela Day programme and resolved to mark its 10th anniversary with a shift in approach and strategy.
Broadening impact by reaching deeper
The Nelson Mandela Foundation invites you to a robust discussion reflecting on its work over the past 20 years.
Insurgent citizens – Reflections on protest in democratic South Africa
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in association with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) invites you to the 19 March 2019 launch of an exhibition titled ‘Insurgent Citizens – Reflections on protest in democratic South Africa’.
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Media Statement: Foundation mourns the loss of musician and activist Johnny Clegg
The loss of Johnny Clegg will be felt deeply by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He was a South African of extraordinary quality, someone Madiba would have called a patriot. Johnny was a friend of the Foundation from its inception, and supported many of Madiba’s projects. We will miss him and his enormous energy. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, and with everyone who was touched by his music.
From doing more, to doing different
During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a global commitment to end Apartheid. Funding for civil society was more generous than it is now. However, when democracy was ushered in and the threat of a bloodbath in South Africa was successfully averted, global funding moved from civil society towards the government. Arguably, civil society is more visible today than it was twenty years ago and critique of its mandate, accountability and funding remains has grown. In the midst of it all, poverty and inequality have grown.
“We climb Mount Kilimanjaro, so that others do not have to”
On Saturday, the 13th of July, The Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with the Imbumba Foundation will be sending off the 2019 Trek4Mandela Expedition team at O. R. Tambo International Airport to wish them well on their climb.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Thembekile "Thembi" Mandela
On 13 July 2019 we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passing in a car accident of Madiba Thembekile 'Thembi' Mandela, first-born son of Nelson and Evelyn Mandela. Our thoughts are with the family.
Mandela Day: the dream
Nelson Mandela Foundation CE Sello Hatang writes about Nelson Mandela International Day and the dreams he has of a just society for all, everywhere.
Writing black queers into existence – A writing workshop with Kneo Mokgopa
Last month the Foundation’s staff forum hosted an internal conversation on gender constructions, using the Caster Semenya IAAF ruling. The conversation served to introduce the Foundation to queer theory.
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