20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

In the first Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be convened as a physical gathering since 2019, as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, on Saturday 12 November the Nelson Mandela Foundation partnered with the Province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to offer a special 20th edition headlined by the lecturer Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados. She spoke compellingly to the theme of “Social Bonding and Decolonisation in the Context of the Climate Crisis: Perspectives from the Global South”.

The Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Mottley, delivered a dynamic and historic 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 12 November 2022, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban.

A full transcript of the 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, as delivered by Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Mottley, on 12 November 2022.

A gallery of images from the 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

The South African Broadcasting Corporation's Sherwin Bryce-Pease speaks to Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, on her upcoming delivery of the 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture.

The 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be held on Saturday, 12 November 2022, at the Durban International Convention Centre in the City of eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. This will be the first-ever Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture hosted in the province. The location was chosen as a demonstration of solidarity with the communities most affected by the catastrophic floods on South Africa’s eastern seaboard in April 2022.