Energy crisis: Turning citizens into criminals I was listening to the radio sometime last month when I heard the brilliant Ms Lerato Mbele put all things…
Staying the course through trouble and uncertainty As the year draws to an end, unavoidably, we have to reckon with the December anniversary of Madiba’s passing and…
Tladi Ditshego, Rick Stengel and the writing of Long Walk to Freedom Read the story of how activist Tladi Ditshego and former Time magazine journalist Richard Stengel came to help Nelson Mandela…
Pursuing A Decolonised Agenda for Climate Change- Perspectives from the Global South The climate change discourse has been fraught with denialism and a constant shifting of responsibility. Meanwhile, countries of the Global…
It's untrue, Mr President, that there aren't enough skilled town planners Instead of acknowledging the government's poor performance as it relates to planning, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated South Africa doesn't have…
Did the 'real' Nelson Mandela really die in 1985? Embracing the Global Media and Information Literacy week Being an archivist in the era of disinformation, misinformation and fake news, Zandile Myeka believes her work plays a crucial…
In conversation with Linda Olga Nghatsane about climate-smart agriculture In line with the theme for Nelson Mandela Day and the Nelson Mandela Annual lecture “Do what you can with…
Emergent social bonds Our highlight for October was receiving yet another international award. The Nelson Mandela Foundation was, this time, bestowed with the…
Early childhood development centres’ battle for formalisation hurts the poor A common lament from principals of early childhood development (ECD) centres is that their centre's registration with the government appears…
KuBhubhʼuMhlaba: artist's statement Statement by artist Thato Toeba on his cover for the podcast KuBhubhʼuMhlaba (2022).
Between the Map and the Empire, We Make Each Other Human Again Nonzuzo Gxekwa is a photography-based artist living and working in Johannesburg. Her new retrospective publication is a meditation on Johannesburg,…
Always remember A trip to New York to retrace Madiba's footsteps there is what loomed largest for the Foundation in September 2022,…
A leader is not a lone genius, but a joyous human being What is effective leadership? The Foundation's Kneo Mokgopa, Manager: Narrative Development at the Foundation, explores the concept.
Building lasting legacies South Africans must continue to build lasting legacies like those of human rights advocate George Bizos and Nelson Mandela, writes…
Moeggesukkel – Tired of Suffering: Asset-Based Community Development in Action The resilience of the inhabitants of the Eastern Cape informal settlement of Moeggesukkel has informed the development of the Foundation's…
Mandela Day: an interview with Ethel Arends We speak to one of the Foundation's longest-serving staff members, Ethel Arends, about Mandela Day.
This moment is a call for leadership The month of Madiba’s birth, Mandela Month, is always special for the Foundation. This year we had much to celebrate,…
What would Madiba say? Khanya Ralarala, an intern in the Foundation’s Information and Communication Technologies and Facilities department reflects on how far we have…
Vangasali: an instrument to drive an "ECD for all" agenda A report on the training on early childhood development the Foundation has provided to provincial education officials over the past…
Constitutionalism and the rule of law in South Africa As many recent studies have shown, in South Africa trust in the law and all its institutional instruments has not…
