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  • FILE: Zindzi Mandela at the premiere of 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' in Hollywood in 2013. Picture: AFP

    Nelson Mandela Foundation opens condolences book for Zindzi Mandela

    It said considering the COVID-19 global health crisis, it asked those who would like to send condolences to the Mandela family to rather go to the foundation and sign the book there.

    681 days ago
  • Zindzi Mandela. Picture: @ZindziMandela/Twitter.

    Zindzi Mandela was a fierce liberator with a kind heart - Sisulu

    "She was a very angry young woman; and she was a voice of young people, clear about everybody’s role in the struggle."

    684 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters jump on a street sign near a burning barricade during a demonstration against the death of George Floyd near the White House on 31 May 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Use of violence can be rational & targeted at injustice - Mandela Foundation

    The foundation reacted to the killing of George Floyd in the United States, which led to widespread protests around the world.

    722 days ago
  • People take part in a protest over the police killing of George Floyd in the USA, on 1 June 2020 in Barcelona. Picture: AFP

    NMF rallies behind George Floyd protests, condemns Collins Khosa killing

    The organisation has condemned the killing of George Floyd at the hands of US police and here back home of Collins Khosa, who was killed in a scuffle with soldiers in Alexandra.

    723 days ago
  • People raise their hands and shout slogans as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd, on 2 June 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Picture: AFP.

    NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION: Enough! Black Lives Matter

    It is clear that in South Africa 26 years of democracy have not as yet ensured that black lives matter as much as white lives, states the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

    723 days ago
  • Shaun Johnson. Picture: Facebook.com

    Author and anti-apartheid journalist Shaun Johnson has died

    Shaun Johnson was a newspaper journalist and editor, author and the founding chief executive of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.

    823 days ago
  • FILE: Frederik Willem de Klerk (FW de Klerk), the former president who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993, answers questions about his memories of Nelson Mandela, on 11 July 2017, in his office in Cape Town. De Klerk was the South African president who ordered Mandela's release from prison. Picture: AFP

    Apartheid statement was an error of judgement - FW de Klerk Foundation

    The FW de Klerk Foundation said that its recent statement that apartheid was not a crime against humanity was an error of judgement.

    830 days ago
  • By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    CARTOON: Nobel Oblige, FW!

    By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    830 days ago
  • FILE: Former President FW de Klerk attends the National Foundations Dialogue Initiative. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Mandela & De Klerk foundations to meet over apartheid remarks

    This after an interview with the SABC in which De Klerk apologised for apartheid, but said he does not believe it can be labelled a crime.

    831 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the occasion of the presentation of credentials by Heads of Mission accredited to SA in Pretoria on 28 January 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    WATCH LIVE: Ramaphosa's tribute to Madiba on 30th anniversary of prison release

    President Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering a public address on the Cape Town City Hall balcony, where Nelson Mandela delivered his first public address within hours of his release.

    837 days ago
  • Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivering the 17th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the University of Johannesburg's Soweto Campus on 23 November 2019. Picture: @NelsonMandela/Twitter.

    Mogoeng Mogoeng: SA inequality now ‘sharper’ post-apartheid

    ‘It is a shame that inequality has become sharper during our constitutional democracy than during apartheid.’

    917 days ago
  • Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (R) delivering the 17th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the University of Johannesburg in Soweto on 23 November 2019. Picture: @NelsonMandela/Twitter.

    WATCH: Mogoeng Mogoeng delivers 17th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture

    This year's lecture centred on the theme of “Constitutionalism is an Instrument for Transformation”.

    917 days ago
  • FILE: Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. Picture: @mzwandileMasina/Twitter.

    Masina, Nelson Mandela Foundation commemorate Madiba Day in NY

    A series of events is taking place alongside the UN General Assembly to honour the late Madiba and also to keep his legacy alive.

    976 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets in Johannesburg High Court. An urgent application against Roets that found him in contempt of court was dismissed. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum denied leave to appeal apartheid flag hate speech ruling

    The matter was brought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Human Rights Commission last month, asking the court to stop the display of the flag.

    981 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets (R) in Johannesburg High Court. An urgent application against Roets that found him in contempt of court was dismissed. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Nelson Mandela Foundation to take Roets apartheid flag tweet matter to ConCourt

    The foundation has already instructed its legal team to prepare a conditional application for leave to appeal, which included an application for direct access to the Constitutional Court.

    983 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets (R) in Johannesburg High Court. An urgent application against Roets that found him in contempt of court was dismissed. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Apartheid flag case: Roets says Mandela Foundation had no case

    The case against Ernst Roets was lodged by the Nelson Mandela Foundation last month arguing that he breached the Equality Court's ruling.

    984 days ago
  • Court rules in favour of Ernst Roets over apartheid flag tweet

    The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed the Nelson Mandela Foundation's urgent application against AfriForum's Ernst Roets who tweeted an image of the apartheid flag after the Equality Court ruled that its gratuitous display amounted to hate speech.

    984 days ago
  • AfriForum’s Ernst Roets in the Johannesburg High Court on 17 September 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Ernst Roets not in contempt of court for apartheid flag tweet

    The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the contempt of court charge against AfriForum's Ernst Roets.

    984 days ago
  • FILE: AfriForum's Ernst Roets outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Court to clarify if Ernst Roets' apartheid flag tweet is hate speech

    AfriForum's Ernst Roets tweeted a picture of the apartheid flag just hours after a court ruled that its gratuitous display amounted to hate speech.

    984 days ago
  • FILE: AfriForum's Ernst Roets outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Nelson Mandela Foundation to approach courts over Ernst Roets' old SA flag tweet

    The Equality Court this week declared certain displays of the apartheid flag as hate speech. However, following the ruling, Roets posted the flag on Twitter, with the caption 'Did I just commit hate speech?'

    1009 days ago
  • AfriForum's Ernst Roets outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Mandela Foundation: Ernst Roets tweeting apartheid flag 'unfortunate'

    Speaking to Cape Talks' Kieno Kammies, the foundation's CEO Sello Hatang said what Ernst Roets had done was 'unfortunate'.

    1010 days ago
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