Nelson Mandela’s release and the unimagined dream Thirty years ago, a 71-year-old Nelson Mandela walked out of the then-Victor Verster prison, an hour’s drive away from Cape…
UnThere us: An account of the violence of heterosexual marriage identity-making The undeniable, incontestable, bona fide truth about the “New South Africa” is that its mother and father are Karabo Moroka…
Country of Madiba's dreams Nelson Mandela Foundation Chief Executive Sello Hatang looks to the Foundation's 2020's goals, and reflects on its 2019 achievements in…
Dig deeper to dream bigger The Foundation's CE Sello Hatang reflects on South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's delivery of the 2019 Nelson Mandela Annual…
Queering queer discourse: Advocating for recognition of the existence of queer people To be queer is an unhappy state of affairs. It means to be in protest of the way society prefers…
Learning to dream again In recent weeks we have been reminded again of how strongly populism is running in our country, writes Foundation CE…
Building a culture of peace September found the Foundation travelling in response to invitations to visit Mexico City, Ramallah, London, Toronto, New York and the…
Ukuthunuka “I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.…
South Africa is still possible Recent manifestations in South Africa of femicide, of men killing women because they are women, of attacks on people perceived…
Flying the flag for change Why does the Nelson Mandela Foundation fight in the Equality Court to have displays of the apartheid national flag declared to…
Time to reclaim healing July is always a full and challenging month for us, as Mandela Day and associated events stretch our capacity. As…
From doing more, to doing differently During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a global commitment to end Apartheid. Funding for civil society was more generous…
Mandela Day: the dream Nelson Mandela Foundation CE Sello Hatang writes about Nelson Mandela International Day and the dreams he has of a just…
Democracy needs our support Foundation Chief Executive Sello Hatang reports back on the first time the Foundation has acted as an official national election…
Gender in crisis: The latest IAAF ruling and the implications for global gender constraints The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) could have welcomed and celebrated Caster Semenya, admitted its assumptions and rethought its…
Flagging racism Nelson Mandela Foundation CE Sello Hatang's April newsletter, in which he remarks on changes to the Foundation's new strategic plan,…
Country of our dreams One has been filled with pride at the work of the South African National Defence Force in the areas hit…
Dare not linger Not surprisingly, 2018 was a momentous year for the Foundation as we joined with partners around the world to mark…
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…