'Paint South Africa Green' and help fight poverty A day to commemorate and recognise the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is set aside every year on…
Caring4Girls programme provides sanitary towels, dignity and a better education to schoolgirls The Caring4Girls programme driven by the Imbumba Foundation tackles the plight of impoverished girls who often miss school during their…
Alexandra school celebrates National Literacy Week with Mandela Day container library launch On 6 September 2014, right in the middle of National Literacy Week, students and educators at Skeen Primary School in…
Container library opens in Sedibeng village, Northern Cape The principal and staff at Sedibeng Primary School were happy to celebrate the arrival of their very own Mandela Day…
Mandela Day library opens in Hobhouse, Free State On 28 August 2014 students, teachers, parents and community members attended the opening of a Mandela Day container library at…
500km bike ride to spread Mandela Day message of ubuntu: CycAlive 2014 On 17 August 2014, parents, schoolchildren and CycAlive supporters gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to wish 50 young cyclists…
Mandela Day container library opens in Phalaborwa On 6 August 2014, students and teachers at Pondo Combined School in Lulekani in the Mopani District of Phalaborwa became…
Thought leaders on Mandela Day: Corinne Woods, UN Millennium Campaign Corinne Woods currently serves as Director of the UN Millennium Campaign, which supports citizens’ efforts to hold their governments accountable…
Thought leaders on Mandela Day: insights from Rhodes University’s Trading Live initiative “Students need a 3D education,” says Nosipho Mngomezulu, co-ordinator of the Student Volunteer Programme at Rhodes University’s Community Engagement Unit.
Mr Mandela's granddaughters help launch Long Walk to Freedom container library On 18 July, Mr Mandela’s granddaughter’s Zaziwe and Swati joined the Mandela Bangle Program, to quietly honour their late grandfather’s…
KPMG Family for Literacy launches Parktown Public School Library On 25 July 2014, students, teachers and KPMG staff members applauded the opening of a KPMG Family for Literacy (KFFL)…
Mandela Day: followership, alienation and longer-term solutions to exclusion Nelson Mandela Day represents as good a time as any to discuss the idea of good followership. We often emphasise…
Mandela's life inspires service community Before he was South Africa’s first democratically elected president; before he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and before he spent…
Breadline Africa and Volkswagen commemorate Madiba’s legacy of service On 19 July 2014, in commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s legacy of service to others, Breadline Africa, Volkswagen staff and the…
Freedom Ride in honour of Nelson Mandela The second annual Freedom Ride took place on 20 July 2014, just days after Nelson Mandela International Day.
Mandela mural in Milan celebrates South Africa’s 20 years of democracy On 17 July 2014, a commemorative mural that celebrates Nelson Mandela’s legacy and 20 years of democracy in South Africa…
Kaya FM 67km Relay for Mandela Day: Runners doing it for Mandela On Sunday 13 July 2014, thousands of runners, both young and old, participated in the Kaya FM 67km Relay for…
When image must speak for the silenced voice MILK Books and DeviantArt are honored to have collaborated on a Mandela Day initiative that saw the publication of…
Joburg and its partners stage a Freedom Ride cycle event The City of Johannesburg, in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Joburg Urban…
Nelson Mandela Foundation pays tribute to everyone who supported Mandela Day 2014 After the first Mandela Day in 2009, Mr Mandela thanked all who had supported it. He said: “It is our…
