Media Statement: Foundation expresses condolences on the passing of Jessie Duarte We have been deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Jessie Duarte has passed away. We send heartfelt condolences to her…
Media Statement: This Mandela Day, “Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are” This year's Nelson Mandela International Day will focus on sustainable interventions such as fruit and indigenous tree planting and promoting…
Invitation: Nelson Mandela Day Media Briefing The CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Mr Sello Hatang together with Ladysmith Black Mambazo invite you to the official…
From the archive: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela launches the Nomzamo Mandela Sports Foundation The Nelson Mandela Foundation is assisting the family of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to preserve her archives. Amongst the collection were speeches…
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…
Oppressive Pasts & Healing: From Othering to Belonging An emotional and deeply moving ceremony to give a ceremonial new South African flag to a couple whose ceremonial flag…
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…
Waiting for liberation The deaths of 21 children in a tavern in East London and experiences from doing charity work in Eswatini are…
Media Statement: United Nations Champion of the Earth, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, confirmed to speak at 20th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture The Nelson Mandela Foundation is pleased to announce Her Excellency Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, as the speaker for…
Media statement: Partnership to provide life-changing nutrition for South Africa’s children Futurelife partners with the Nelson Mandela Foundation to celebrate hope and fight hunger this Madiba Month.
Media Statement: Nelson Mandela Day 2022 The Nelson Mandela Foundation has themed Nelson Mandela Day 2022 around its food and nutrition programme, with the call, ‘Do…
Invitation to cover: Rule of Law and Constitutionalism – A Dialogue The Nelson Mandela Foundation in association with the Hanns Seidel Foundation invites you to a dialogue on the Rule of…
Invitation to Cover: Oppressive Pasts & Healing; Apartheid South African Flag Handover Ceremony Join the Nelson Mandela Foundation for a ceremony in which a ceremonial apartheid-era South African flag is switched for one…
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…
Nelson Mandela travels through Africa During my time as a volunteer at the Foundation, I had the incredible opportunity to transcribe one of Nelson Mandela’s…
Mandela Day 2022: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are In 2022 the international Mandela Day campaign focus and messaging will seek to promote community and backyard gardens, support fruit…
Media Statement: Afriforum Appeals Equality Court Decision on Apartheid Flag Today, the Nelson Mandela Foundation was in the Supreme Court of Appeals opposing Afriforum's appeal of the 2019 Equality Court…