Thoko Didiza, the minister of agriculture, land reform, and rural development, will organize celebrations on Nelson Mandela International Day at the Qunu Village in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
On July 18, South Africans and the rest of the world pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, a late former president of South Africa and a global icon.
In appreciation of Mandela’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom, the United Nations General Assembly declared 18 July, the day on which Mandela was born, as Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009.
The major goal of Nelson Mandela International Day is to motivate people to take action to improve the world and, in doing so, to create a worldwide movement for good.
South Africans and individuals everywhere are urged to give at least 67 minutes of their time to community service on July 18 in honour of the ideals and values that Nelson Mandela fought for and upheld.
The 67 minutes represent the years that Madiba devoted to serving the people of South Africa and the rest of the world during the course of his incredible life.
Mandela worked for 67 years to create a better world for everyone.
According to the department, Didiza will direct the National Rural Young Service Corps (NARYSEC) Youth in a celebration of 67 minutes during which the youth will give back to their communities by fixing and erecting a fence at Madiba Farm and putting a new roof on the cow stable in Qunu.
According to a statement from the department, “the Minister will hand over much-needed food supplies and educational materials to needy households, to deliver much-needed relief to the community.”
According to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, this year’s Mandela Day will emphasize supporting household and community gardens, encouraging the planting of fruit and indigenous trees, and raising awareness of the connections between food security and climate change.
The foundation said that in 2022 it will emphasize the problems of food security and climate change under the slogan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”