What would Madiba say?
Khanya Ralarala, an intern in the Foundation’s Information and Communication Technologies and Facilities department r…
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Vangasali: an instrument to drive an "ECD for all" agenda
A report on the training on early childhood development the Foundation has provided to provincial…
Constitutionalism and the rule of law in South Africa
As many recent studies have shown, in South Africa trust in the law and all…
Waiting for liberation
The deaths of 21 children in a tavern in East London and experiences from doing charity…
Vuleka Mhlaba (What Would Happen if Madiba Returned?)
I remember the day Nelson Mandela returned, exactly thirty years after his death. On that…
If planning is everything, maybe it's nothing?
The impacts of spatial apartheid planning have been so vast that even today our planning…
Let's build the nation of Madiba's dreams
I always feel a terrible pull in opposite directions – on the one hand, I am o…
One blow too many
For the Foundation, the month of April has been dominated by the most catastrophic flooding…
From othering to belonging
Foundation CE Sello Hatang reflects on human migration and its causes, and on xenophobia and…
I am because of you
Be inspired by passion, be inspired by where you are and what you can do.
What a year 2021 has been!
What a year 2021 has been! We end it confronting yet another Covid-19 wave before …
FW de Klerk, a man with a large and complex legacy
As an historical figure, former president FW de Klerk loomed large. His legacy is…
Humanity is the hope and change we need
If everyone gets involved in social programmes we believe that we can make a difference…
When voting in an election feels like a chore!
There has been a strange array of feeling in relation to voting in this year's…
Land use management systems remain untransformed and rigid
Informal settlements have been part of the Gauteng urban landscape since the dawn of …
Accessing urban land markets in Gauteng, for the urban poor
A critical issue we need to grapple with in post-apartheid South Africa is informality and…
The work of reckoning with our pasts is on our shoulders
The very different lives and narratives of two people have been top of mind for…
SA’s gaping wounds must be attended to
South Africa's Constitution promises the right of all citizens to live with dignity, but so…
Justice, (un)gendering and reframing: a reflection on the 2021 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
Lawyer and gender-activist Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane reflects on the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, delivered…
The rule of law and food for all
In August 2021 the Foundation focused on the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture and on continuing…