Mandela Day News

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.

A primary school deep in rural KwaZulu-Natal gets a brand-new Nelson Mandela library project library, thanks to donors.

As we launch Mandela Day 2020 in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic our CE Sello Hatang explains how each one of us can contribute to building a better world, especially for those who need it most.

The Mandela Education Programme was recently blessed with a donation of 1 000 masks from 1millionsmiles.co.za and Kokosi Primary School in, Fochville, Gauteng, has put them to good use.

Teachers and Grade 7 pupils at a school in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, are being protected against Covid-19 with disposable face shields donated through Participate for Good’s Mandela Education Programme.

A Gauteng primary school’s new library, donated through the Nelson Mandela School Library Project, was officially opened on 28 February 2020.

Tiyiselani Primary School, which lies in the far north of South Africa, near the border with Zimbabwe, started the 2020 school year with a brand-new library donated through the Nelson Mandela School Library Project.