18 July 2014
Every year on 18 July South Africans together with the international community honour our former president and international icon Nelson Mandela. We embrace Madiba’s values and honour his legacy through humanitarian acts and initiatives that acknowledge his never-ending quest to change the world for the better.
The overarching objective of Nelson Mandela International Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better, and in doing so build a global movement for good. Ultimately it seeks to empower communities everywhere to “Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day.”
President Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address announced that this year Mandela Day would be celebrated by working to clean up the South Africa. The President encouraged all South Africans to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to clean South Africa.
Mandela Day photo gallery
Government departments posted photos of their Mandela Day activities on social media. Here is a sample.
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Let us clean-up South Africa this Mandela Day
- Government encourages all South Africans to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to clean South Africa.
- Let us practice a healthier and cleaner way of living by taking care of our environment and cleaning up the areas where they live.
- We can beautify our country by getting together for a major clean-up of our cities, town, township, villages and schools.
- Litter has a simple solution, it belongs in a bin. South Africa could be litter-free if all 52-million of us place our litter where it belongs
Let us honour the memory of our icon by making this the best Nelson Mandela Day
- Nelson Mandela has been one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero who embarked on a lifelong dedication to the fight against injustice and racial oppression.
- Nelson Mandela International Day is dedicated to the service of our fellow human beings by actively helping to change their circumstances.
- It is a global call to action for people everywhere to take responsibility for changing the world into a better place.
Mandela’s legacy continues to live on through our actions
- We have pledged as a nation under the leadership of Nelson Mandela that never again shall one person be oppressed by another.
- We must pursue the dreams and aspirations of Nelson Mandela as we continue to respect the basic human rights; and remain committed to the rule of law and Constitution.
- Working together we can move South Africa forward to overcome the challenge of unemployment, poverty, inequality and diseases.
- We must all make it our duty to translate our Constitutional guarantees into reality for all South Africans to enjoy.
News on Mandela Day
- SA Government News Agency
- Brand South Africa
- Government activities
- Mandela Day events in the Western Cape - Department of Communications
- Mandela Day events in Gauteng - Department of Communications
- Follow events on Twitter: #MandelaDay
More information
- Frequently asked questions
- Nelson Mandela International Day (about; news; activities; gallery; media/resources)
- United Nations: Nelson Mandela International Day
- Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory – the life and times of Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Mandela Foundation
- Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
- 46664.com
- Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development
- Nelson Mandela Month
- Moral Regeneration Month
- Brand South Africa: Nelson Mandela
NB: Mandela Day is not a public holiday.