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…
Siyawa: what would happen if Madiba returned? Asisebenzi, Madiba, Siyawa. The past is a dangerous place, the present is dissolving with anxieties and the future is barren.…
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…
The first time in 28 years that Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo met: archive The Foundation's archivists recently spoke to Beth von Schreeb, who donated to its archive photographs she took of Nelson Mandela…
Media Statement: Wishing Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu a happy 90th birthday The trustees and staff of the Nelson Mandela Foundation celebrate the 90th birthday of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu.
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…
Madiba's prison diaries The Foundation has, in the archive, Nelson Mandela’s prison diaries, in which Mandela jotting down all sorts of things: dreams that…
Generation equality: Realising women’s rights for an equal future Young women must develop grit and discipline so that they can fulfil their dreams of full lives for themselves, said…
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…
Dialogue: Public solidarity towards radical reform Sincere collaboration can take South Africans far as a nation, and civil society can work with the private and public…
Annual Lecture 2021: Chairperson's opening remarks Madame Fatou Bensouda is uniquely positioned to explore the connections between accountability and sustainability, and between reckoning with oppressive pasts…
Media statement: 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Peace and justice must work side by side – and “prioritising one over the other jeopardises the chance of either”.…
Annual Lecture 2021: Fatou Bensouda's full address This is the full transcript of former ICC Chief Prosecutor Madame Fatou Bensouda's Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture 2021 address.
Invitation to cover: 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture The Nelson Mandela Foundation would like to invite you to attend and cover the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, taking…
Invitation to cover: #Each1Feed1 Food Distribution in KwaZulu-Natal From Thursday 19 August to Friday 20 August 2021, the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Mandela Day team will be in Pietermaritzburg…
Public Solidarity Towards Radical Reform Today the Nelson Mandela Foundation convened a dialogue on the theme of solidarity towards radical reform as part of its preparation for…
It is in our hands to rebuild our country from the ashes of the unrest What an extraordinary and painful month July was for South Africa, writes Foundation CE Sello Hatang in his newsletter for…
The importance of justice and the rule of law for social cohesion: Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture 2021 The importance of justice and the rule of law for social cohesion will be examined when former International Criminal Court…
Reflection on Mandela Day 2021 Coming off a wave of public violence and loss of life in South Africa triggered by the jailing of a…
