Principal Mrs. N. Nkabinda of the Madi Primary School in Standerton, Mpumalanga and her team were on hand on Mandela Day, 18 July 2025, to receive the Mandela Day gift of a new library for a wonderful school full of bright young minds.

On 18 July 2025, Nelson Mandela International Day, the Chair of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Board, Dr. Naledi Pandor, delivered the keynote address at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, calling on leaders, institutions, and individuals to “make good trouble” in pursuit of a more just world.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has completed its Mandela Day 2025 project at Growing Seeds Pre-School in Berea, Johannesburg, a transformation that now provides a safer play area, a greener space, and improved nutrition for children in this under-resourced community.

On Saturday, 19 July 2025, close to 10 000 people gathered at the DP World Wanderers Stadium for the annual Mandela Day Walk & Run, a celebration of Madiba’s legacy of unity, community and action.

On Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2025, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, together with the Department of Basic Education, gas supplier ROMPCO and Ride4Hope, handed over a newly built and fully furnished classroom block to Boschrand Primary School in White River, Mpumalanga.

Former head of Mandela Day, Advocate Gushwell Brooks, and his spouse, Regina Blumears, joined St Stithians College Junior Preparatory School, in partnership with the Earthly Touch Foundation and Cherrith Projects, to plant 30 trees in Diepsloot on 18 July 2025, Nelson Mandela International Day.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) are proud to launch the self-paced online learning module “Nelson Mandela: Life, Legacy, and Leadership”. The module will be available to everyone, free of charge, starting on 18 July – Nelson Mandela Day.

This Mandela Day, as South Africans come together to honour Nelson Mandela’s legacy through acts of service and compassion, Girls and Boys Town SA (GBTSA) proudly reflects on 67 years of dedicated care for the nation’s most vulnerable children.

For nearly 50 years, Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust has walked alongside survivors of rape and sexual violence, offering counselling, advocacy, and community education. On 18 July 2025, the organisation will once again host its deeply meaningful Mandela Day Care Package Drive.

On 18 July 2025, Nelson Mandela Day, Nelson Mandela University will return to Gelvandale High School in Helenvale, Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, to deepen its partnership with the school’s Hostel of Hope. 

Longstanding partner Old Mutual is honouring Mandela Day 2025 through its Planting a Legacy initiative, a nationwide effort to grow food, restore dignity, and protect the planet.

On Mandela Day 2025, learners from the Back-a-Buddy initiative, supported by Page 82 Media, will visit KwaNtsikana Secondary School in Orlando West, Soweto.