Mandela Day this year comes in the midst of a ‘triple pandemic’. Not only is SA at the peak of its Covid-19 infections, but unemployment and hunger are ravaging the nation.
2020 marks the 11th year since the UN declared Nelson Mandela’s birthday as Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day, a day where corporates and communities come together to do good for 67 minutes.
The 67 minutes dedicated to Mandela Day represent the number of years Mandela spent fighting for liberation. The day, which is a call for action, for people to change the world in whatever big or small way for the better, has sometimes been criticised as being a once-off feel-good project for privileged people.
What are you doing this Mandela day?