Mandela Day News – Mandela Day

Achieve uncommon breakthroughs

Watch this video to find out how Nelson Mandela's spirit of ubuntu has inspired University of Johannesburg Community Engagement student volunteers to achieve uncommon breakthroughs.

Feeding South Africa's hungry millions

Watch this video to see how SA Harvest makes every day a Mandela Day.

Align-Ed project elevates learning and choice to a national conversation

SA Learns is a call to action to create, develop and foster a learning culture in South Africa as a means to economic growth, employment and engagement.

Empowering principals to become change leaders

Partners for Possibility enables partnerships between school principals and business leaders to provide a creative solution to South Africa's education crisis.

Living the legacy

Watch this video to find out how the Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation is making every day a Mandela Day by focusing on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela’s dear friends, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo.

Giving humanity a home

Learn how Habitat for Humanity is making every day a Mandela Day by building homes for those who need them.

Education, the most powerful agent of change

Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world. Watch this video to see how much to heart the Cotton On Foundation has taken these words in its Mandela Day campaign ...

Ephangweni Primary School gets Mandela Day present

Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal, is off the beaten track and close to the magnificent foothills of the Drakensberg. This is where 586 children are taught at Ephangweni Primary School. Now hundreds of Zulu early-learning readers and other books are in the school library, ready to be pored over. This is after the school received a library on 7 September 2017 through the Mandela Day school library project.

Adopt-a-School Foundation making every day a Mandela Day

On 18 July 2017, Adopt-a-School hosted the Back to School for a Day Collective at Bathabile Primary School in Olievenhoutbosch. The Mandela Day activities were structured around Adopt-a-School’s holistic Whole School Development model, which addresses issues related to leadership; curriculum and co-curricular activities; social welfare; and infrastructure development.

67 Blankets puts "Action Against Poverty" in your hands

“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.” – Nelson Mandela Watch this video to learn more about the global 67 BlanketsTM campaign, which gives practical expression to this famous quote:

Mandela Day book drives

Mandela Day initiatives continue to make a significant difference in many lives, with over 800-million people reached globally since July this year.

NMF joins city clean-up

The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, in partnership with Pikitup, recently launched a monthly clean-up campaign in Yeoville. The project encourages community members to take part in the initiative. The clean-up campaign seeks to assist in the reduction of crime and litter within the Johannesburg area. Mashaba said no investors will show interest in a dirty city, thus the need to establish the project.