A world-class exhibition on Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life, this showcasing poetically and emotively explores the personal and public life of one of the most influential men in modern history.
Nelson Mandela Square
Johannesburg
To commemorate this historical moment the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted three connected events in the Western Cape.
You are welcome to visit the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. This is where Mandela worked from the end of his presidency in 1999 to the end of his public service in 2004.
The start of the new school year marked the launch of a data collection partnership between the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Network Action Group (NAG). The project entails the mapping and profiling of all Early Childhood Development (ECD) services in Mbizana Local Municipality - a local municipality in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality - in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela Foundation CE Sello Hatang's March 2020 letter, looking back on a busy February full of significant moments: from the world finally realising that the coronavirus poses a dangerous global challenge, to the loss of music icon and founding leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo Joseph Shabala and the Foundations' former acting CE Shaun Johnson; from yet more shamefully chaotic scenes in Parliament to more deaths of learners in school uniforms and rude reminders of the tenacity of apartheid denialism.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Shaun Johnson. For those of us in the organisation who have known him for many years, the news was shattering. Our thoughts are with Stefania, Luna, the rest of his family and the many people in South Africa and abroad who counted him as a friend.
During Nelson Mandela’s post-presidential years, he spent part of his life establishing institutions and organisations that would help in the fight against poverty, against injustice and help secure a more just and equitable society. The other parts were spent pulling the ears of world leaders, celebrated personalities, and leaders of business to support the work of transformation and nation-building.
Thirty years ago, a 71-year-old Nelson Mandela walked out of the then-Victor Verster prison, an hour’s drive away from Cape Town. He had entered prison as a young fighter and emerged as an elder statesman, more open to negotiation, but still willing to go toe to toe when needed.
On the 10th of February, the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) hosted the third edition of Open Africa Power (OAP), a novel academic training partnership established by the Enel Foundation to empower a new generation of leaders to drive Africa’s energy transition.
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