Mandela Day News

Kokosi Primary School gets back to learning with new protective gear
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.

Covid-19 protection for Diepsloot school
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.

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

Limpopo school starts 2020 with a Mandela library
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.

Mpumalanga school starts 2020 with a brand-new Mandela library
Mpumalamga’s Mbongo Primary School started the 2020 school year with a brand-new library, donated through the Nelson Mandela School Library Project.

Hytec launches its fifth Mandela Day library
Engineering company Hytec launched its fifth Mandela Day library with a brand-new library, filled with exciting books – fiction and non-fiction – at Kaalfontein Primary School in Midrand, Gauteng, on 23 October 2019.

Mandela Day: towards eradicating homelessness
Earlier this year, when uGogo May Bhengu was told that the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, would be building her a home, she did not believe it.

Kings Harvest Academy, the future of rural schooling?
KwaZulu-Natal's King's Harvest school has received an online education platform through the Mandela Digital Learning Project.

Ster-Kinekor gives back to community through 20 OctoVision Mission
Ster-Kinekor has always been involved in a wide range of CSI projects, however, the focus has been on Vision Mission.

Shaping girls' future with Cell C
On the 12th of July, the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted the graduation ceremony for its 2019 Cell C Take A Girl Child To Work Day programme as part of its commitment to play a part in intervening in intergenerational poverty and inequality through the Mandela Initiative, Nelson Mandela International Day, dialogue and research as well as its year-long internship programme.

First Mandela digital learning platform launched on Mandela Day
Mandela Day took off in style at a rural Free State primary school when the Mandela Digital Learning Project’s online learning platform was launched after four years of development and six months of testing.

Celebrating 10 years of Mandela Day: from doing more, to doing differently
Ekurhuleni – Over the past 10 years, Nelson Mandela International Day has enjoyed global solidarity and support to change the lives of millions of people for the better – continuing the work of Nelson Mandela.