#InternationalMandelaDay: Locals take actions to help change the world
They are making positive contributions; helping to feed and clothe the needy, cleaning their communities and performing many other acts of kindness and service in honour of Madiba.
A team from the Pick n Pay Hypermarket at East Point Shopping Centre is celebrating the day at Kuselo Child and Youth Care Services.
Today (July 18) marks international Nelson Mandela Day, and several organisations and individuals organised various activities around Boksburg to honour the birthday and legacy of the anti-apartheid icon and former South African president.
In commemoration of the day, people across the world, and particularly in South Africa, are encouraged to dedicate at least 67 minutes to doing good deeds for the needy and making a difference in communities. The Advertiser’s journalists were out and about capturing some of the various Mandela Day activities happening in Boksburg.
A team from ZA Prop is busy painting the equipment and furniture at Boet Human Park in Beyers Park.Members of the Ramaphosa-based NPO Thusang Community Development are cleaning the streets of Ramaphosa, including the filth-plagued Fish Eagle and Impangele streets.A team from the Pick n Pay Hypermarket at East Point Shopping Centre is celebrating the day at Kuselo Child and Youth Care Services, where they are treating the children to a fun-filled day, serving them lunch and cleaning the property. They also donated food, clothing and nappies.On July 17, the Boksburg North CPF held a soup kitchen on First Street in Boksburg North to help residents.Tetra Pak staff have this morning contributed their 67 Minutes for Mandela Day by donating food items to St Francis Care Centre.Remax Dazzle Benoni is treating firefighters at the Leon Ferreira Fire Station to chocolate bars, croissants and coffee.Out & About Restaurant hosted an almost day-long fundraiser and pet food drive at 99 Langenhoven Street in Parkrand in support of the Boksburg SPCA on July 17.
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A team from the Pick n Pay Hypermarket at East Point Shopping Centre is celebrating the day at Kuselo Child and Youth Care Services.
The Boksburg North CPF dedicated their 67 minutes to doing good deeds for the hungry residents of Boksburg North.
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