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Our work will continue
This time of upheaval for the Nelson Mandela Foundation will pass, and the entity's work…
One hand in the fire, the other in the flames
Unpacking the myths about black women with Kneo Mokgopa, the Foundation's Manager of Communications and…
'A Lawyer’s Odyssey: Apartheid, Mandela and Beyond'
Verne Harris, Head: Leadership & Knowledge Development, reviews a new book written by human rights lawyer…
The Bonds that Bind Us: Remembering Madiba in a Time of Global Fracture
Just Mandela's walk to freedom was long, so should we not expect the walk of…
A democracy to come
Along with the extraordinary challenges and suffering brought about by Covid-19, 2020 has been a year…
Over a hundred thousand kilometres to the middle of nowhere
How the Foundation's Mandela Day Director Yase Godlo found the middle of nowhere while delivering…
Taking race discussions beyond the usual
An interview with Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity's Sebabatso Manoeli on the Race Beyond…
My archives intern journey
Since joining the archive team, I have been on an amazing learning curve and have…
Unthere Men: Indoda Mayibe critically discussed
There does not seem to be a linear way to discuss men simply for the…
A crisis of imagination
While the crisis humanity is facing feels like a material one, a practical one, in…
Stop calling Breonna Taylor’s killing a 'tragedy’
Using the word tragedy to describe Breonna Taylor’s killing is a…
Legacies of leadership
In a world arguably increasingly defined by terrible failures of leadership, Achmat Dangor, George Bizos…
Unthere: Reflections on Nonconforming Gender
“It is a country where black and white are like islands in the middle of s…
Needed: A new social contract
Foundation CE Sello Hatang writes of South Africa's need for social healing to mend the…
Lakhal'ixilongo - pursuing a new kind of politics
The deaths of Zindziswa Mandela — a diplomat, activist and daughter of Nelson and Winnie…
Oh Jehova! Not another ‘rupture’ – the ‘new normal’ petit bourgeois revolution
If anything, the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa should animate an intersectional, inclusive and…
A new world order
The month of July is always a cluttered one for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, as…
Making liberatory global futures
The Foundation's Sello Hatang and Khalil Goga on how United Nations Secretary-General António …
Community development ‘yet-to-come’ during and post the Covid-19 pandemic: from Derrida to Zubof
This article, written as a dialogue between two authors, one in Australia (Westoby) and one…