Waiting for liberation The deaths of 21 children in a tavern in East London and experiences from doing charity work in Eswatini are…
Vuleka Mhlaba (What Would Happen if Madiba Returned?) I remember the day Nelson Mandela returned, exactly thirty years after his death. On that day, a hole emerged and…
If planning is everything, maybe it's nothing? The impacts of spatial apartheid planning have been so vast that even today our planning still creates an opportunity for…
Let's build the nation of Madiba's dreams I always feel a terrible pull in opposite directions – on the one hand, I am often inspired by the…
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 are familiar—the most recent elections…
One blow too many For the Foundation, the month of April has been dominated by the most catastrophic flooding in almost three decades, which…
From othering to belonging Foundation CE Sello Hatang reflects on human migration and its causes, and on xenophobia and reactions to refugees, in South…
Anant Singh in conversation with Caiphus Semenya and Gcina Mhlope at Sanctuary Mandela On the 8th of March 2022, the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted an event to promote the recently published memoir of…
What a year 2021 has been! What a year 2021 has been! We end it confronting yet another Covid-19 wave before we’ve had a chance properly to…
FW de Klerk, a man with a large and complex legacy As an historical figure, former president FW de Klerk loomed large. His legacy is a big one, both in SA and…
Humanity is the hope and change we need If everyone gets involved in social programmes we believe that we can make a difference in people's lives.
When voting in an election feels like a chore! There has been a strange array of feeling in relation to voting in this year's local government election, writes Foundation…
Land use management systems remain untransformed and rigid Informal settlements have been part of the Gauteng urban landscape since the dawn of the repressive apartheid laws. Fast forward into the…
Accessing urban land markets in Gauteng, for the urban poor A critical issue we need to grapple with in post-apartheid South Africa is informality and inequality, owing to apartheid and…
The work of reckoning with our pasts is on our shoulders The very different lives and narratives of two people have been top of mind for me in the last few…
SA’s gaping wounds must be attended to South Africa's Constitution promises the right of all citizens to live with dignity, but so far this promise has not…
Justice, (un)gendering and reframing: a reflection on the 2021 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Lawyer and gender-activist Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane reflects on the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, delivered by Madame Fatou Bensouda, former Prosecutor of…
The rule of law and food for all In August 2021 the Foundation focused on the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture and on continuing to deliver relief, through…
