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Minister adopts Evuxakeni Hospital

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Giyani – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has taken the Evuxakeni Psychiatric Hospital, in Giyani, Limpopo, under her wing to help improve and make it a centre of hope for the patients living there.

Nelson Mandela Foundation thanks the world

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Pretoria - After the first Mandela Day in 2009, Mandela thanked all who had supported it. He said: “It is our hope that people will dedicate their time and effort to improve the conditions within their own communities. We thank you for participating in Mandela Day”.

N-Cape Gogo receives new home

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Pretoria - A 72-year-old, Emily Serebolo of Santa Santa, in Kimberley, watched in amazement and with teary eyes as an army of Mandela Day spirit-filled-workers gathered in her yard to give her a new warm home.

Pres Zuma to launch Operation Phakisa

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will today launch the first phase of Operation Phakisa -- an initiative aimed at fast-tracking the delivery of the priorities outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP).

Gone but not forgotten

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Mthatha – The official opening of the Mvezo Komkhulu Museum, in the Eastern Cape, will not only help to keep the Madiba legacy alive, but also boost tourism in the village.

Child welfare receives a helping hand

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Mamelodi – Children at Child Welfare Tshwane, in Mamelodi, sang their hearts out in jubilation as Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor handed over boxes with food parcels and clothes to assist the centre.

Mandela celebrated in Mahikeng

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Mahikeng - Nelson Mandela’s life has been celebrated through work, an activity that is an element of the late former statesman’s ethos, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

GCIS gives TLC to elderly

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Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) today spread some tender, loving care to an elderly centre in Hammanskraal, on Mandela Day.

Forgiveness is offender’s Mandela Day wish

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Johannesburg – Thirty-year-old Sibusiso Bhengu, an offender incarcerated at the Leeukop Correctional Centre in Johannesburg, says he is glad he had an opportunity to interact with the outside world on Mandela Day.

Mandela Day lights up senior faces

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Cape Town – The faces of senior citizens at the Imizamo Home for the Aged, in Hout Bay, lit up after they were visited by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, on Mandela Day.

Deputy Minister uses time to collect, separate waste

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Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thompson, has dedicated her 67 minutes for Madiba to collecting waste, separating it for recycling and diverting it away from a landfill site.

Remembering Madiba through good deeds

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Pretoria – Health Deputy Minister Joe Phaahla says Mandela Day should serve as a reminder of where South Africa comes from as a nation.

Madiba magic cleans Marabastad

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Pretoria – Although the Father of the Nation has gone, the Madiba magic still lives on in the hearts of South Africans who chose to clean-up the streets of Marabastad, in the City of Tshwane, on Friday.