Mandela Day News

The flooding that took place in KwaZulu-Natal after the Easter holidays has devastated that province and everyone who cares about it, and the people who call it home.

After months of planning and weeks of building and installation, the day finally arrived for the launch of the Mandela Digital Learning Platform at Marikana Primary School in North West, funded by insulation services contractor Kaefer South Africa.

Pupils at a farm school in Philadelphia, a small town near Melkbosstrand in the Western Cape, were excited to become recipients of a new library, delivered through the Mandela Day Library Project.

There was much excitement when the children of Sizakhele Primary School in Morgenzon, Mpumalanga, entered their school’s brand-new library delivered through the Mandela Day Library project.

It was a great privilege to witness the excitement of the children at a school in Marikana, North West, when they received a new library full of books through the Mandela Day Library project on 10 February 2022.

The children and community associated with Thulisa Primary School in Katlehong's Skhosana Section have become the latest recipients of a library through the Mandela School Library Project.

A primary school near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal has become the first school in 2021 to receive a brand-new library through the Mandela School Library Project.

One of South Africa’s most remotely located primary schools now sports a brand-new library, donated through the Mandela School Library Project.

It was with excitement and gratitude that a Mandela School Library Project team was greeted when they arrived to unpack 1 500 new books into one of the newest primary school libraries facilitated by the project.

It was all hands on deck when a team from the Mandela School Library Project arrived at Bapoting Primary School, near Lephalale, Limpopo, to deliver a brand-new library to the school.

Christmas came early to the Mandela Education Programme, in a donation from WeBuyCars.

The challenge of dealing with an invisible virus that has brought many businesses to their knees has meant that disadvantaged communities have become more disadvantaged, writes Yase Godlo, Director: Mandela Day & Special Projects for the Nelson Mandela Foundation.