Mandela Day News
Stop Hunger Now volunteers to package 822 000 meals on Mandela Day
On 18 July 2014, Stop Hunger Now Southern Africa will run a food security and volunteer engagement event at the Sandton Convention Centre, and the Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town.
Titled Meals in Memory, the event will see a record number of 6 000-plus volunteers package 822 000 meals in a single day, or meals for a year for over 6 000 pre-school learners.
Free screenings of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom on Mandela Day
At 09h45 on Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2014, members of the public are invited to attend free screenings of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom at selected Ster Kinekor cinemas across the country.
Guests will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.
Mandela Day Marathon: a race that profiles the triumph of the human spirit
Following the successful launch of the Mandela Day Marathon at the Nelson Mandela capture site in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, the uMgungundlovu District Municipality (of Pietermaritzburg) today, 2 July 2014, launched the Mandela Day Marathon at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
Launch of Mandela Day Library at Mahlubimangwe Primary School
On 26 June 2014 a Mandela Day Long Walk to Freedom library was opened at the Mahlubimangwe Primary School in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal.
Trek4Mandela
Trek4Mandela 2014 was successfully launched on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 at Endless Horizons Hotel in Durban North through a breakfast fundraising session.
Mandla Mandela hands out blankets to the elderly in rural Hammanskraal
On 26 June 2014, over 2 000 elderly members of a rural community in Hammanskraal, North West Province, received a much-welcome winter gift – a thick blanket donated by the Al-Imdaad Foundation and personally handed over to them by Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, Chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and grandson of the late Nelson Mandela.
An initiative of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Al-Imdaad Foundation and the Chief himself, the blanket handover project represents Mandla Mandela's call to make every day a Mandela Day by helping those in your community in whatever way they can.
Tiger Brands distributes 17 000+ food parcels to Alexandra learners
On 27 June 2014 Tiger Brands, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Department of Basic Education, kicked off Nelson Mandela Day Month with the distribution of over 17 000 food parcels to primary school learners in Alexandra township, Gauteng.
Tiger Brands to launch 2014 Mandela Day food security initiative
On 27 June 2014 Tiger Brands, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Department of Basic Education, will kick off Nelson Mandela Day Month with the distribution of over 17 000 food parcels to primary school learners in Alexandra township, Gauteng.
2014 Mandela Day Marathon expected to attract around 10 000 competitors
Despite a R1-million purse, this year’s Mandela Day Marathon and associated events are expected to lure thousands of competitors motivated more by an opportunity to honour Madiba’s legacy.
67 blankets for Mandela Day: the first handover
With the significant drop in temperature over the past few days, those involved in the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day initiative could not wait to come to the aid of those in need.
Linda Masinga & Associates transform home and make every day a Mandela Day
"Given the passing of our beloved grandfather on 5 December last year, as a special tribute we decided to start our Mandela Day project early this year," said Nandi Mandela, Director of Linda Masinga & Associates, a development planning and project management enterprise.