Cape Town - Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and her cabinet members donned overalls as they spent 67 minutes cleaning windows, floors and cots at the city's Red Cross Children's Hospital in celebration of Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday. While Zille, decked out in white overalls, green work pants and a green hair net, cleaned windows with some of her colleagues in the trauma … [Read more...] about Cape cabinet rolls up its sleeves for 67 minutes
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Mandela scholarship to promote road safety
Pretoria - As Mandela Day fever gripped the country on Monday, the Department of Transport followed suit by unveiling what it called the Zenani Mandela Road Safety Scholarship. Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele launched the initiative, named after 13-year-old Zenani who was killed in a car crash last year, with a call for South Africans to campaign for an end to road … [Read more...] about Mandela scholarship to promote road safety
Standing ovation for Madiba
Giyani - The first democratically elected South African President, Nelson Mandela, was honoured with a standing ovation by South Africans gathered at Giyani stadium in Limpopo to celebrate his 93rd birthday. The 20 000-strong crowd rose to their feet and started singing: "Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela, ha hona ya tshwanang le wena" (Nelson Mandela there is no one like … [Read more...] about Standing ovation for Madiba
Mandela an inspiration to humanity
Giyani - Limpopo MEC for Housing and Local Government, Soviet Lekganyane, described the man of the day, former President Nelson Mandela as a source of inspiration to humanity. The iconic world leader, Madiba, who was born on 18 July 1918 in the former Transkei homeland, turns 93 today. Lekganyane began Mandela Day celebrations by getting his hands dirty by finishing … [Read more...] about Mandela an inspiration to humanity
Mandela Day joy for Atteridgeville school
Pretoria - When the pupils of Matseke Primary School in Atteridgeville returned to school on Monday, some of them barely recognised their school. They were greeted with splashes of colour at every turn; what was broken when they left for the school holidays had been repaired, and the school was spotless. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) staff spent two days … [Read more...] about Mandela Day joy for Atteridgeville school
