Invitation to cover: Rule of Law and Constitutionalism – A Dialogue
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in association with the Hanns Seidel Foundation invites you to a…
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Invitation to Cover: Oppressive Pasts & Healing; Apartheid South African Flag Handover Ceremony
Join the Nelson Mandela Foundation for a ceremony in which a ceremonial apartheid-era South African…
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…
Nelson Mandela travels through Africa
During my time as a volunteer at the Foundation, I had the incredible opportunity to…
Mandela Day 2022: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are
In 2022 the international Mandela Day campaign focus and messaging will seek to promote community and…
Media Statement: Afriforum Appeals Equality Court Decision on Apartheid Flag
Today, the Nelson Mandela Foundation was in the Supreme Court of Appeals opposing Afriforum's appeal…
Media Statement: Hate Speech and Displays of the Apartheid Flag
The importance of education to Madiba
A letter Nelson Mandela wrote from Robben Island in 1970 portrays how much Madiba valued education.
Building a new politics from the ground up
This year, Freedom Day arrived amid a crisis of political accountability. By now, the headlines…
Announcing the 2022 Dialogue & Advocacy Fellow: Luveshni Odayar
The recipient of the 2022 Dialogue and Advocacy Fellowship is Luveshni Odayar. Luveshni holds an MSc…
Taiwan's Soochow University hands Mandela documents to Foundation
Representatives from Soochow University, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy as well as the Taiwanese Embassy…
One blow too many
For the Foundation, the month of April has been dominated by the most catastrophic flooding…
Archive, ghosts and justice: Exhibition opening and panel discussion
On the 13th of April, 2022, the Archive at the Centre of Memory, an initiative of…
Invitation to Cover: Exhibition Opening – Reality Check: Walter Sisulu – Accused #2
The Archive at the Centre of Memory will be opening a new virtual reality exhibition…
From othering to belonging
Foundation CE Sello Hatang reflects on human migration and its causes, and on xenophobia and…
My year at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Philile Dlamini, an intern in the Foundation's Dialogue & Advocacy department, reflects on her year working…
Reflections – my journey as an archive intern
Archive intern Shanty Joy Fisher reflects on her time at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Dr Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame to take on role as AFRE executive director in June 2022
Dr Sebabatso Manoeli-Lesame, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity's current deputy executive director, will take the…