Celebrating 15 Years of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation! We are excited to share the incredible journey of the Foundation with you. More importantly, we are eager to embark on the next 15 years together, working to address the critical challenges that lie ahead. We value your

"Fifteen Years in Service of the African Renaissance.” The Thabo Mbeki Foundation marked a powerful milestone with our 15th Anniversary Thanksgiving Gala Dinner - an evening of gratitude, reflection, and renewal. The TMF Chairperson officially opened the event, welcoming all

"We return tonight to where it all began - the Sandton Convention Centre - where the Foundation was launched 15 years ago. Our theme, “Thanksgiving, Reflection, and Renewal,” reminds us that progress is not only measured in time but in impact. This gala crowns a week of

Through the years, we have fostered dialogue, influenced policy, and built partnerships that drive Africa’s transformation — promoting peace, inclusion, and identity. This milestone is both a celebration and a call to recommit to the work ahead. At the heart of our Foundation

"As we look ahead, we are reminded that progress is never linear. Recent challenges remind us of the need for ethical, principled, and visionary leadership — the very values President Mbeki has always stood for. "In the words of President Thabo Mbeki himself: “Whatever the

Happy Diwali greetings to all🌟

"Oliver Tambo was a wonderful human being. I'm certain that the thought would never have occurred to him that he could be anything except his brother's and his sister's keeper. For decades a loyal activist of the African National Congress, he rose to the high position of

Earlier today, Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO, Dr. Mbongiseni Buthelezi, accompanied Francesca Albanese (Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, on a tour of the Apartheid Museum. The visit forms part of a series of activities Albanese

President Mbeki made his mark at the African Renaissance: Reimagining the Promise Exhibition. He chose the “READ” sticker and placed it on the Xenophobia social ill — a symbolic commitment to the idea that knowledge and research are essential to fostering unity, peace, and

Thabo Mbeki photographed by Andrew Stawicki, c 1980s.

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Happy Saturday! We were thrilled to welcome Mrs. Mbeki and Dr Sharmla Chetty to the African Renaissance: Reimagining the Promise exhibition! Come experience it for yourself at Sandton City (near Checkers). Bring the whole family and be inspired! #AfricanRenaissance

It’s all systems go at the Sandton Convention Centre as we get ready to host the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, will deliver the lecture under the theme “Enhancing Peace and Global

[LIVE] Scenes from Sandton Convention Centre, NelsonMandela hosting the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. Under the theme “Enhancing Peace and Global Cooperation”, year’s lecture will be delivered by UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

Today, Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt delivers the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, hosted by the NelsonMandela Foundation. “Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” 🕒 15h00 SAST / 13h00 UTC 🔗 Watch live: bit.ly/42RVQAI

The stage is set. The atmosphere is alive with anticipation. Today, visionaries, leaders, and changemakers gather for the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture featuring Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, a passionate UN Human Rights Expert, brought to you by the NelsonMandela

Scenes from the Sandton Convention Centre as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, prepares to deliver the 23rd Nelson Mandela Lecture. #FrancescaInSA #GlobalVoices #Palestine #NMAL2025 NelsonMandela Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

WATCH | A powerful moment of respect and admiration fills the hall as Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, a passionate UN Human Rights Expert, is welcomed to the stage with a standing ovation at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, brought to you by the NelsonMandela

WATCH | “I’m deeply humbled to stand here on the soil [South Africa] that gave Nelson Mandela, and one of the greatest examples of liberation of modern history” - Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, a UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories speaking at the

WATCH | “After meeting so many of you in the struggle for justice for Palestine, Mandela could not have been born anywhere else. He was fully, truly, beautifully South African” - Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, a UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories