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…
Media Statement: Foundation sends condolences on the passing of F W de Klerk The Nelson Mandela Foundation is saddened to hear of the passing of F W de Klerk. We send our condolences…
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…
Exhibition: into the frontline of conflict In this collection Spanish artist Diego Ibarra Sánchez assumes a very critical stance regarding the use of images of conflict…
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…
Media statement: Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run open to the world again this year As an increasingly vaccinated world starts fighting its way back to a semblance of normality, it’s almost time again for…
Media Statement: NPA, SAPS exchange programme with German counterparts on the rule of law and service-oriented policing and prosecution Securing the rule of law, respecting all people, and building trust between law enforcement agencies and the public are crucial…
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…
