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Mandela Day lesson to partners in the government of national unity

Mandela Day lesson to partners in the government of national unity

WE are all witnesses of a seismic shift in the South African landscape. Thirty years after liberation, the voters have rejected the ANC as the majority voice of society and forced it onto a government of national unity with a number of other parties, notably the Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party.   As a member of the governing party, we have to admit that, three decades after 1994, we have not achieved our goal of a better life for all. We are not safe, people are hungry and cold, our infrastructure is deteriorating, and we are suffering from terminal…
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Ford celebrates Mandela’s legacy with a donation of shoes, bags to 1 150 learners

Ford celebrates Mandela’s legacy with a donation of shoes, bags to 1 150 learners

FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to fighting for freedom, and was committed to using education as a tool to empower and uplift people. Madiba’s legacy continues to inspire others around the world, across South Africa, as well as in and around his home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Accordingly, it’s fitting that, on Mandela Day on 18 July – and as part of the wider Mandela Month celebrations – his grand daughter Ndileka Mandela and her Thembekile Mandela Foundation partnered with Ford South Africa by donating school shoes and bags to 1 150 learners at…
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo shrug off power cut to sing for Mandela

Ladysmith Black Mambazo shrug off power cut to sing for Mandela

TIM COCKS LADYSMITH Black Mambazo sang their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honour of peace icon Nelson Mandela, with a 45-minute forced intermission caused by one of the power cuts that have become a part of daily life in South Africa. The concert in Johannesburg's main theatre, a day before U.N.-declared Mandela Day, his birthday, celebrated the life of the man who steered South Africa from the manacles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy while narrowly avoiding a civil war. "Madiba has been an inspiration for us," Sibongiseni Shabalala, band member and son of the band's late founder Joseph Shabalala, said, using…
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Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African from all walks of life used Mandela Day - the celebration of the birthday of the country's founding president - to do good humanitarian deeds, all aimed at repairing the damage done by last week’s violence and looting. Several individuals and groups donated and helped to distribute food and water to communities that have been left stranded after shopping malls, factories and warehouses were set alight and looted in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the worst violence since the dawn of democracy. While some provided food, large groups joined clean up campaigns across the two provinces…
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