The Nelson Mandela Foundation launched a new strategy for International Nelson Mandela Day, titled Mandela Day: The Next Chapter, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in May 2019. The new strategy charts a new path for the ten-year-old initiative significantly changing the manner in which it will impact on people’s lives. The launch was attended by stakeholders from global organisations, corporate South Africa and civil society organisations - among them, the United Nations, Habitat for Humanity, Vodacom, early childhood development practitioners and national celebrities.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation invited Chief Khosi Vho Ravele R.R., five learners and five coordinators from Maulume Village to visit the Nelson Mandela Foundation and other legacy sites within Johannesburg. The trip was to give the learners an opportunity to learn about the history of their country as future leaders.
Highlights: Tour of the NMF Centre of Memory, Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Liliesleaf Farm, Hector Pieterson Museum & Vilakazi Street. Insightful engagements in the Centre of Memory about societal issues. Presentation of a vegetable and macadamia oil farming proposal. Exchange of gifts between the Chief and Nelson Mandela Foundation Chief Executive.
Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and the Department of Human Settlements honouring Nelson Mandela legacy by building 100 homes for 100 families across three regions; Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal. The photographs show the Nelson Mandela Foundation Board of Trustees and Staff member helping with building the house.
Nelson Mandela Foundation partnered with Thesele to assist with the food distribution network Each One Feed One. The organisations visited two beneficiaries. Nelson Mandela Foundation Executive Officer Sello Hatang and Mandela day and Special Projects Director Yase Godlo and Thesele Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Thabo Leeuw addressed the crowd. Distribution was done in Mamelodi for two beneficiaries.
Each One Feed One distribution in Ikageng centre in Orlando West Soweto. The Nelson Mandela Foundation Executive Officer Sello Hatang addressed the beneficiaries and assistance with packing the food parcels.
In celebrating the memory and legacy of Nelson Mandela, the Gauteng City Region, City of Tshwane in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted Mandela Remembrance walk and run event in the Union Buildings. The event was held virtually on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December, with just a small number of people observing all COVID protocols and gathering at the Union Buildings to do a symbolic 6.7 kilometre walk through the streets of Tshwane in his memory and also to remember all the lives lost globally to the Coronavirus in 2020.
The 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, in partnership with the Motsepe Foundation, was delivered by former US President Barack Obama in Johannesburg on 17 July. To honour the centennial of Madiba’s birth, the 2018 lecture’s theme was “Renewing the Mandela Legacy and Promoting Active Citizenship in a Changing World”. The lecture focused on creating conditions for bridging divides, working across ideological lines, and resisting oppression and inequality.
Courtesy visit of the Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong's to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Group photos with Achmat Dangor, Sello Hatang, Verne Harris and Frank Meintjies.
Photos of a dialogue held at Glenhove Conference Centre, Johannesburg, facilitated by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in partnership with Brand South Africa. Africa-European economic relations and the challenge of overcoming financial and political alienation was the focus of the dialogue. Participants included Finnish Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Alex Stubb, who led the discussion, and Master of Ceremonies for the event, Dr.Petrus de Kock from Brand South Africa.
Opening of the exhibition 'Diverse Art by Celebrities' by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan. An exhibition organised by the Japan Association of International Cultural Heritage (JAICH), partner of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Youth dialogue focusing on the issues of violence and substance abuse. It included the popular South African group Mafikizolo, Sello Hatang (CEO NMF), Hayden Wright, Jijbez Vosloo, Naidoo, Sade Maokwena, Justine Arendse, Born Free (Band), Freddy Arendse (Founder School of Music) and the Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture Rejoice Mabudafhasi.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Eqstra Fleet Management donated 10 braille copies of Long Walk to Freedom to the Prinshof School of the Visually impaired (Pretoria) as part of the International Mandela Day activities.
Nelson Mandela Foundation and Eqstra Fleet Management donated 10 braille copies of Long Walk to Freedom to the Prinshof School for the Visually Impaired as part of an ongoing literacy drive.
Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel celebrate his 90th birthday with staff of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and visit the display of birthday card received from children all over the country.
Cell C supports "67 Blankets for International Mandela Day" at Nelson Mandela Foundation. 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela was started 1 year ago by KnitWits for Madiba.
The South African athletes met with Nelson Mandela on their return from the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Athletes wearing Mandela Day T-shirts taking group photos with Nelson Mandela in his office, Zindzi Mandela hugging them and a big welcome from NMF staffers.
Photos of First Lady Michelle Obama meeting with Nelson Mandela in Houghton and with her daughters Sasha and Malia viewing archival documents with Graça Machel at the Foundation.
Opening of the exhibition “My Constitution”. With Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Sello Hatang, the youth who participated in the exhibition and interviews, Elinor Kern, Denis Goldberg, Sahm Venter, Lunga Nene, and Berita.
150 learners, teachers and cycling enthusiasts convened at the Torah Academy campus in Norwood, Johannesburg, for the 14th annual CycAlive challenge, a youth highlight in the Mandela Day activities calendar. Field Band Foundation from Springs, Rabbi Dovid Hazdan -the dean of the Torah Academy, Dan Zimba, Rabbi Mottie Hadar, Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Sello Hatang, Marlene Bethlehem, Lelo Mzaca, a 702 sports, Johannesburg Steelwings Harley Davidson Club-who arrived to show their support, and Ian Freeman of RAM.
Legacy Dialogue about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro, held at the Z.K.Matthews Great Hall at UNISA. With UNISA Vice-Chancellor Professor Mandla Makhanya, Cuban Ambassador Carlos Fernandes de Cossio, Barbara Masekela, Estela Bravo.
The South African Music Awards (SAMA) winners of 2010 committed themselves to Mandela Day during a visit to Nelson Mandela. Taken in the auditorium, group photos in Mandela’s office with Mandela, small group photos with Mandela in his office, visit the gifts room and archives.
Bafana Bafana team and FIFA officials visiting Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Bafana Bafana players looking at the soccer exhibition in the foyer, Mandela wearing the number 14 shirt and FIFA officials with Mandela in his office.
Launch of the ''Mandalas for Mandela'' exhibition. A collaboration between the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Arts Alive and Imbali Visual Arts and the Constitution Hill. The exhibition comprises Mandalas from students from 26 Gauteng schools. It was launched at Constitution Hill on 6 September 2011 to coincide with the Arts Alive festival.
The series begins with the visit of Auma Obama (half-sister of US President Barack Obama), US Ambassador Donald Gips, his wife and sons to the gifts room and the archives.
Followed by photographs of Bill Clinton making a speech, Achmat Dangor (Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO of the time), Cyril Ramaphosa, Ahmed Kathrada, Leslie Maasdorp (vice-Chairman ABSA Capital), Audience in the auditorium,
The Launch of Mandela Day took place at the Tlatlohang Primary School, a disadvantaged school situated in White City, Jabavu As the emphasis for Nelson Mandela Day 2012 is being placed on raising youth through decent education, the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory – in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education – is driving some of South Africa’s most meaningful initiatives, namely the Container Library Project and the 94+ Schools Project, inspired to improve the conditions of our more impoverished schools and encourage literacy to children within our historically disadvantaged communities.
Gauteng Department of Education (DoE), LeadSA and Proudly SA launched a joint Mandela Day Initiative, aiming to improve the literacy rate and called to donate books to schools, libraries and other organisations in need.
Launch of the Mandela Day Marathon at the Nelson Mandela Foundation with Bruce Fordyce, Bongumusa Mthembu, Mayor Yusuf Bhamjee, Sello Mokoena, Sbu Khuswayo, Sello Hatang and others.
Photographs of the hand-over of the Head of State Medal and the Gift of Sight' statue to Sello Hatang from the Lions Club International, Houghton, Johannesburg.
Winnie Madikizela Mandela, Nelson Mandela Foundation Staff and CEO Sello Hatang handing over condolences books with messages for the passing of little Zenani Mandela, great-grandchild of Nelson Mandela who was killed in a car accident on the 11th of June 2011.
Hands Across South Africa aided the Nelson Mandela Foundation to continue to grow the momentum that legacy advocates like Gareth Cliff have already inspired in order to honour the life and legacy of Madiba, and in so doing make every day a Mandela Day. The event took place at the Phokosho School in Alexandra, Johannesburg.
The launch of the Award-winning South African group, Mafikizolo's Album ''Reunited''. The event was held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The group announced that part of the proceeds of the sale of the album will go to the Foundation.
Launch of International Nelson Mandela Day with Strategic Stakeholders at the Nelson Mandela Foundation with Breadline SA, Rhodes University, Kaya FM and Vodacom.
The strategic stakeholders session and International Mandela Day launch at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Partnering with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, from left: Luvuyo Mandela (Mr Mandela's great-grandson), Tim Smith (Breadline SA), Sello Hatang (Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO), Dr Nosipho Mngomezulu (Rhodes University), Mark Mdlela (Kaya FM) and Tshepo Ramodibe (Vodacom).
An opening of the exhibition 'Mandela- Gandhi Wall' with Ela Gandhi, Birad Rajaran, Maniben Sita, Virendra Gupta as well as Sello Hatang. The interactive, multimedia display features photographs, QR(quick recognition) codes that can be read by cell phones which then play videos that Birad Rajaran has loaded on to the internet, and a game that visitors can play by answering questions on the back of cards (similar to postcards) and then matching the photo on the card with the one on the wall.
Dutch Ambassador Rob de Vos hands over a portrait painting of Nelson Mandela by the South African painter Marlene Dumas. The portrait is received by then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Achmat Dangor. Also with Sello Hatang, Verne Harris and Boniswa Qabaka.
Verne Harris receives the 2009 International Thurgood Marshall Breaking Barriers Award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) on behalf of Nelson Mandela. The handover event was held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg. Mr Sello Hatang is also present. The award can be found in the Nelson Mandela Awards Collection under # A0070.
Achmat Dangor receives the inaugural Always Be Tolerant Organisation (ABETO) Africa Peace Award on behalf of Nelson Mandela. The Award to Nelson Mandela is presented by ABETO Chairman Moses Musana to Achmat Dangor, former CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
The mural, which depicts hands, was made by staff at the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) and finished by the 150 pupils at the school, under the supervision of the Spaza Art Gallery.
67 blankets for Mandela Day knitted at the Union Buildings in Tshwane. Gardens of the Union Buildings covered with thousands of handmade blankets as part of a Guinness World Record attempt by 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day.
Stakeholder engagement for the "Nelson Mandela Centenary 2018, Be the Legacy" Programme. A two-year programme to honour Nelson Mandela. Madiba would have turned 100 years old in 2018.
The Caring4Girls programme driven by the Imbumba Foundation tackles the plight of impoverished girls who often miss school during their menstrual cycles due to the lack of sanitary pads.
The aim of the Caring4Girls programme, which is a Mandela Day project, is to ensure access to much-needed sanitary towels so girls may stay in school, and ensure the development and growth of young South African women with dignity.
Film screening and dialogue: Great African Civilizations organised by the Center for African Studies Harvard University in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Graca Machel and individual contributors as well as group photos on the occasion of the launch of the book "I remember Nelson Mandela" at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
A Send-off of Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Sello Hatang by NMF staff. Sello Hatang with the boots of his first ascent at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF).
Visit of the Brazilian President, accompanied by the Ambassador to South Africa, Lindiwe Zulu, Ndileka Mandela, Eliseu Padhilha, Valter Casimiro Silveira and NMF.
Welcoming dinner at the Nelson Mandela Foundation for the AFRE Fellows with NMF staffers, SAHRC Commissioner and people from the Public Affairs and Research Institute.
Photographs of the Post Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Dialogue- Is “Inclusive Capitalism” a realistic economic vision for the future? With some of the audience members making comments and asking questions to the members of the panel
Photographs of a roundtable dialogue on Professional and Democratic Policing in South Africa followed by a tour to the Nelson Mandela Office and the archive with Sello Hatang.
Photographs of the visit by Sanjay Wijesekera, Representative of UNICEF (South Africa United Nations Children's Fund) to the NMF. Sello Hatang gave Mr Sanjay Wijeseka a tour of the archive and exhibitions. Mr Sanjay Wijeseka and Sello in front of Nelson Mandela statue, holding a copy of The Prison Letters Of Nelson Mandela book.
The Launch of Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run 2018 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. An audience and participants, a presentation on the history of the Mandela remembrance walk and run and speakers for launch.
Mandela My Life Exhibition opening at Melbourne Museum with Sello Hatang, Tony Cochrane, and Thea Jeanes-Cochrane from IEC exhibitions. Sello next to the Mandela My Life exhibition
A book about Samora Machel was launched at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, entitled "Samora Machel". Sylvia Graham was the facilitator and key speakers were Sello Hatang, Albie Sachs, Andre Odendaal, Graça Machel, Shan Balton, and Alves Gomes. A group photograph of Josina Machel, Andre Odendaal, and Graça Machel inside the auditorium holding a copy of Samora Machel book.
A workshop on Grassroots Organisation by Brand South Africa and Marketing Association of South Africa Masterclass held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The masterclass took place in the auditorium followed by a dialogue on Grassroots and Land facilitated by Sumaya Hendricks of the NMF.
France's President, Emmanuel Macron, visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation and was given a tour of Nelson Mandela’s post-presidential office and the Foundation’s permanent exhibition on the life and times of its Founder and a tour to the temporary exhibition Negotiation Democracy by Dr Khulu Mbatha.
A visit to the Nelson Mandela Foundation by High Commission of the Republic of Seychelles Marie-Antoinette Rose-Duarte and the second secretary of the High Commission of the Republic of Seychelles Terry R.Rose. Sello Hatang gave them a tour to the archive, the permanent exhibition and Nelson Mandela’s office. Sello presented Marie-Antoinette Rose-Duarte with a copy of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela book.
A visit by two World Economic Forum delegates Alekhine Veloso and David Conolly and Mpumi Mabuza from Brand South Africa to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Sello Hatang and Zanele Riba gave them a tour of the Archive. Sello handed each delegate of the World Economic Forum with a copy of “The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela” book.
A roundtable training session and Q&A held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The training session included a presentation that covered the following topics: Account management and optimization, Product best practice, Campaigning tips, Advertising on Twitter, Account Security, Trust & safety updates, and Twitter's work on the 'health' of the platform.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation pays tributes to Lucia Raadschelders, with family, friends, and colleagues. Following Lucia’s wishes, it was a modest occasion, with the emphasis on storytelling. Three of her nine siblings travelled from the Netherlands to attend. Her brother Jan Raadschelders shared reminiscences from her childhood. A number of her former Operation Vula comrades attested to her courage and her deep commitment to the struggle for freedom in South Africa and elsewhere. Close friends told stories of her love for wilderness and the way in which she had made peace with mortality. Colleagues praised her professionalism as an archivist. And the Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands shared a message of condolence.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation partnered with the University of South Africa to remember Nelson Mandela Foundation five years after his passing away. The event was headlined by internationally renowned author and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Photographs of guests arriving at the venue, ushers, and group photos of NMF trustees, NMF stakeholders, panellist, Mandela family and NMF Staff members with Chimamanda.
The fifth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s passing away; a dialogue on the media coverage of the Nelson Mandela’s passing held at Nelson Mandela Foundation. The dialogue was facilitated by Tim Modise a veteran journalist, the panellist were Thabo Masebe Gauteng spokesperson, Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) at the time of Mandela’s passing, Sally Burdett head of eNCA news anchor team, Milton Nkosi, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa bureau chief, Angie Kapelianis South African Broadcasting Corporation national radio current affairs editor, Mondli Makhanya City Press editor-in-chief, and Leanne Manas South African TV presenter and media personality. The audience shared their memories of the day and made statements regarding Nelson Mandela leadership and his role in media.
Artist printmaker Shui-lyn White visit the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Sello Hatang gave Shui-lyn a guided tour to the archive, permanent exhibition and Nelson Mandela Office.
