Let's find ways to dream freedom anew More than two decades after the advent of democracy in South Africa, the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela sits…
Silenced voices a rejection of our Constitution Somewhere in South Africa a six-month-old baby cannot say she is being consistently raped by her grandfather. In another community…
Transformation without delegitimisation Over the past few weeks, the region has been moved by the deaths of a number of activists and liberation…
Tears of the nation Over the past few weeks, following a spate of horrific killings, rapes and mutilations of women, the “hidden” war against…
Mandela’s economic legacy The Nelson Mandela Foundation has long grappled with the complex legacy of our founder. In recent years, a slowing economy,…
Nelson Mandela Foundation: South Africa’s constitutional democracy is under threat Today it is clear that our country’s constitutional democracy is under threat and its political process in crisis.
What’s in a name? It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our Uncle Kathy. From the formation of the Nelson Mandela…
Media Statement: Honour Kathrada, defend our democracy The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and Nelson Mandela Foundation are shocked and deeply saddened by the unilateral announcement by the Presidency…
Philanthrophy needs to stop being about rich people An excerpt of a talk given by Nicolette Naylor at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
The Gates effect: Social entrepreneurship reframes charity Civil society is the cornerstone of developing societies. It provides services that government and business can’t, and strives for equality…
Inclusion in the future The rise in xenophobic, nationalistic, Islamophobic and antisemitic politics has become a global concern. Some powerful nations with economic, political…
Time to invoke and live the legacy of Madiba Over the past two weeks, at least two important Mandela milestones came to pass, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.
Celebrating 11 February – Nelson Mandela’s first walk to freedom Twenty-seven years ago, on 10 February 1990, millions of South Africans and others across the globe waited with bated breath…
Time for us to take things into our own hands Nelson Mandela 100 allows us to scale up our projects and continue working towards building the country Madiba envisaged. Madiba…
