Foundation archivist to be awarded posthumous national honour We are delighted to announce that the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s late photo archivist, Lucia Raadschelders, is to be honoured posthumously…
Media statement: Message of condolence from the Nelson Mandela Foundation on the passing of Princess Irene Buthelezi We have learned with great sadness of the passing of Princess Irene Buthelezi.
Foundation hosts new exhibition examining the role of the ‘struggle T-shirt’ The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hosting the exhibition, Struggle T-shirts: Public Testimony and Political Protest. The exhibition is curated by…
Media statement: acting against gratuitous displays of the old South African flag In February 2018 the Nelson Mandela Foundation announced that it had made an application to the Equality Court for an…
Sello Hatang honoured with Keys to the City of Florence The Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Sello Hatang, was on Friday 15 February 2019 awarded the Keys of…
In Florence, Italy: Mandela and the right to hope The Nelson Mandela Forum based in Florence, Italy, marked the closing of its Mandela Centenary programme with an exhibition of images taken…
Media statement: Nelson Mandela and the 1990s On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and embarked on a decade of historic endeavour. These were…
A Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run to remember The fourth edition of the Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run took place on Sunday 9 December 2018 and was attended…
Five years after Mandela’s death there is new hope Nelson Mandela Foundation CE Sello Hatang has challenged South Africans to ask where they were when Mandela’s legacy was destroyed…
Is'thunzi Sabafazi is central to Madiba’s legacy Oprah Winfrey headlined an event designed to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth at the same time as promoting…
Nelson Mandela Foundation pays tribute to Lucia Raadschelders On Sunday afternoon, 25 November 2018, family, friends and colleagues gathered to say farewell to Lucia Raadschelders. Hosted by the…
Media statement: The Nelson Mandela Foundation meets Economic Freedom Fighters Today, leadership representatives of the Nelson Mandela Foundation (the Foundation) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) met to discuss matters…
#BeTheLegacy: Give blood at the Nelson Mandela Foundation The South African National Blood Service, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, is conducting a blood drive on Thursday…
Oprah joins influential African women to help us start imagining a new future With just over a month to go until the end of the year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation will be rounding…
Invitation to cover: Working towards a Just City – unpacking the vision for inclusive housing in Johannesburg The Nelson Mandela Foundation is hosting a dialogue to unpack policies and broaden the discussion around proposed inclusive housing solutions…
Media release: Tribute, reflections, the living legacy The Nelson Mandela Foundation is delighted to announce two upcoming public deliberations as part of continuing the centenary celebrations and…
Invitation to cover: Restoring the Dignity of the Landless The debate about Expropriation without Compensation ignores threats to the property rights of the rural poor contained in bills before…
The Nelson Mandela Foundation mourns the passing away of Barbara Harmel We have learned with great sadness of the passing of Dr Barbara Harmel and extend our deepest condolences to her…
Reckoning with South Africa’s past On 4 October 2018, the Nelson Mandela Foundation launched an online archival collection of the hundreds of documents that were…
Listening to the Rivonia Trial: Courts, Archives and the Liberation Movements The evening of 26 September at the Nelson Mandela Foundation opened the scientific colloquium "Listening to the Rivonia Trial: Courts,…