From the archives: Negotiating Democracy
Visit the Negotiating Democracy exhibition, which traces the negotiation process from the release of…
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Unthere: Reflections on Nonconforming Gender
“It is a country where black and white are like islands in the middle of s…
Media Statement: SACC and historical foundations meet President Cyril Ramaphosa and government delegation on Covid-19 corruption
JOHANNESBURG: On Friday September 11, the collective of organisations that had made a moral call against…
Media statement: Nelson Mandela Foundation mourns loss of Adv George Bizos SC
The loss of George Bizos is a hard blow for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. We…
Nelson Mandela Foundation responds to alleged comments from President Trump on Nelson Mandela
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has noted the statements attributed to the US President Donald Trump…
Media Statement: On the Passing of Activist and Author, Achmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, who passed away on Sunday, was more to the Nelson Mandela Foundation than…
Media release: Foundation mourns the passing of its former Chief Executive, Achmat Dangor
Nelson Mandela Foundation sends condolences on the passing of Jürgen Schadeberg
The Foundation's Razia Saleh remembers South African photographer Jürgen Schadeberg, who passed away …
Vangasali – Making sure everyone counts
The Vangasali campaign was launched on the 2nd of June 2020 as part of Child…
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…
Digitising the archive
Over the past few years, the Archive team has been working at digitising and cataloguing…
Mapping of early childhood development centres in Mbizana
Having a better understanding regarding the spread and quality of Early Childhood Development (ECD) provisioning…
Professor Njabulo Ndebele on corruption during the pandemic
We believe that corruption flourishes in the absence of accountability, transparency and good record-keeping, Foundation…
Media statement: Each 1 Feed 1 Voucher System
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten livelihoods and increase the impact of food insecurity in…
Media Statement: Governance and the Social Contract within a Changing International Context - Making Universal Healthcare, Universal (Panel discussion )
“Covid-19 has laid bare the structures which condemn millions of people in Africa to lives o…
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…
#MyCovid19Story – Being an archivist during a world pandemic
In light of the impacts of Covid-19, as an archivist at the…
20 Changemakers: the 2020 Atlantic Fellows
NEW YORK, NY — In the wake of unfolding health and economic crises across the…
A new world order
The month of July is always a cluttered one for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, as…