The colorful mini events kicked with the donating a house to an indigent family at eFolweni, on the south of Durban, and this was followed handing over a R 3 million cheque to the Mvelo-Wise, a community agricultural organisation that is involved with setting up of community gardens to assist those members of the community who can’t put food on the table.
The last stop was at the Ohlange Institute at Inanda north of Durban. This is where the hive of activities took place. The KZN rugby out, The Sharks also joined in the festivities. The 67 minutes of the Nelson Mandela Day concluded with the paying of respect and laying of wreath at the tombstone of South Africa’s Struggle for freedom stalwart, philosopher, educator, politician, publisher, editor, novelist and the founding President of the African National Congress, the legendary John Langalibalele Dube.
The Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honor of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
The Nelson Mandela International Day is not meant as a public holiday, but as a day to honor the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President, and his values, through volunteering and community service. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact.
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronisingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future”. Nelson Mandela.
