Mandela’s legacy of service continues

A YEAR after the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 event, organisers said Nelson Mandela’s legacy of service to humanity continued across South Africa and the world, as a result of commitments made during the event.

Organisers released an accountability report yesterday which tracked the performance of each commitment and announcement made as part of the Mandela 100 campaign.

The festival, which took place at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on December 2 last year, brought together Global Citizen’s largest contingency of heads of state, dignitaries, celebrities, musicians, artists, influencers and over 70 000 Global Citizens to celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela.

Mandela 100 – presented and hosted by the Motsepe Foundation, with the House of Mandela – was Global Citizen’s biggest and most profoundly impactful campaign in the world to date.

Mandela 100 galvanised 16 governments, eight international institutions and foundations, and 12 corporates to commit over R104 billion. More than R54bn is aimed at positively impacting the lives of 6.24 million South Africans, while the remainder will benefit Africans in countries including Namibia, South Sudan and Nigeria, people in the Middle East and Asia.

About R36.7bn has been disbursed or allocated in South Africa and around the world. This represents a 35.2% progress towards the complete delivery of commitments made at Mandela 100. More than 80% of the commitments are on track to deliver on schedule.

Motsepe Foundation founder and chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe said they were pleased with the success and progress on the commitments made at the festival, relating to education and the inclusive land, agriculture, farming and agribusiness projects.