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MANDELA AND SISULU CENTENARY ACTIVITIES 2018

COMMUNICATION PLANNING GRID January 1, 2018

KEY COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES February: Mandela the unifier, promoter of social cohesion and national building

# Date Lead Department Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status

1. 08 Feb The Presidency Official Launch of the NM President Jacob Zuma. Cancelled Centenary

2. 11 Feb DOC Commemoration of Madiba’s Ministry Victor Vester Cancelled release from prison. Prison, Paarl, 3. 18 Feb Sport and South Africa vs India T20 Cricket South Africa Wanderers Recreation Cricket Stadium

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March: Mandela and MaSisulu: Pioneers of freedom and democracy

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. 10 March DAC The Fifth Ugasali International Annual DAC Freedom Park In Storytelling Festival. Progress

2. 16 March DHET TVET College Communicators Forum. DHET Khayelisha TVET Done GCIS to workshop the College, Western Centenary National Communication Cape. Strategy to ensure that the Centenary message is infused to this sector. The invisgaed impact of the presentation is seeing TVET learners mobilised to participate in a centenary. 3. 20 March Sport and Sport in the Struggle Exhibition. The Sport and Freedom Park, DONE Recreation exhibition was done to showcase Madiba Recreation South as a former struggle stalwarts and a Africa sportsman. 4. 26 March NMF Human Rights Workshop anf Dialogue NMF In progress 5. 27 March GCIS Albertina Sisulu Centenary round table ADG, Ms Phumla Done discussion with women in media. The Williams. GCIS Offices session is organised to spark a national conversation on the centenary of Mam’Sisulu happening in the same year as Nelson Mandela Centenary. 11. 30 March NMF Exhibition Rand Show/Centenary Building NMF Nasrec Done

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department Nelson Mandela office Replica and encourage the Children to write letters to Madiba, which will be compiled to a book.

April: Mandela and MaSisulu: Pioneers of freedom and democracy

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. 09 April GCIS & SABC Launch of the 100 Days Countdown Minister of Postponed Clock on the and Communications mourning mass radio activation to mark 100 days period. before the centenary day. 2. 09 April NMF Tribute to Mama Winnie as we mark 100 NMF Constitutional Hill Done as a days countdown to the Nelson Mandela tribute. Centenary. 3. 24 April DCS Massive Mandela Master Piece: Minister of Zonderwater Done Unveiling and display of the largest Correctional Maximum blanket portrait of Madiba by South Services. Correctional Centre. African inmates to honour the centenary Cullinan, Pretoria. of Nelson Mandela. 4. 27 April DAC Freedom Day DAC Bloemfontein Done

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 5. 26 April Sisulu Family ETV Tribute Sisulu Family Electronic Done

6. 26 April OR Tambo Launch of Centenary at the province. OR Tambo Qunu Done District Municipal Manager 7 27 April DAC Freedom day President Bloemfontein Done

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May: Advocates of Universal Workers Rights and United Africa

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Minister Venue Status Department 1. 10 May NMF Briefing on Nelson Mandela Centenary Minister Joburg Done Cup Radebe 2. 16 May NMF Nelson Mandela Centenary Cup NMF & Done (Sundowns vs Barcelona) Minister Radebe 3. 25 May DAC Africa Day President Done 4. 25 May NMF Launch of Mandela Book. NMF Gauteng DONE 5. 26 May Sport and Regional Annual Sports Awards. The Sports Min Xasa Birchwood Done Recreation and Recreation will host these awards in dedication to 100 years of the life of Nelson Mandela. 6. 29 May DOC 50 Days Countdown radio activation. Min Radebe& SABC Studios Done Min Mokonyane 7. 29 May Sisulu Family Women’s Health Rights Seminar Ntsiki Sisulu Wits University Done

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June: ‘Youth are our greatest treasure, our future”

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. 10 June Sport and 2018 Comrades Marathon will be dedicated to Athletics SA/Comrades Durban Done Recreation the memory of Mandela. Marathon Association

2. 12 June Brand SA Taste of South Africa: Intimate Dinner with 27 Brand SA UK Done key influencers. Dinner consisting of Mandela’s favourite foods with a select group of 27 people, including UK Media to mark 27 years of imprisonment. Brand South Africa will partner with SA Tourism and the Red Carnation Hotel Group. 3. 13 June Taste of Madiba: Extended Dinner with 100 Brand SA UK Done people to mark the 100 years of Nelson Mandela (Centenary). Brand South Africa UK has partnered with SAA who will fly Mandela’s chef Xoliswa Ndoyiya and Food anthropologist Anna Trapido who has co-authored the book ‘Ukutya Kwasekhaya’ with Xoliswa Ndoyiya. Tasting Menu of Mandela’s favourite food with a story behind each meal.

4. 15 June GCIS Nelson Mandela Stakeholder’s Colloquium Minister of GCIS, Hatfield Postponed to Communications October.

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 5. 16 June DAC/NYDA Youth Day President Soweto Done

6. Youth For Mandela: Brand SA UK Done

17 June Brand SA Centred around #BeTheLegacy South African Youth in the UK will be engaged on

the day on how they can take the Nelson Mandela Legacy forward.

7. 29 June DOC Mandela Friday Activation at an ECD Minister of Soweto Postponed. (crèche) in Soweto. Communications

8. 29 June NHC Nelson Mandela Heritage Celebration. NHC CEO QUNU Done

9. 30 June NMF Shave To Remember campaign. NMF CEO Gauteng Done

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July: A Life of Service - Celebrating the Birth of a World Icon

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. BrandSA The Mandela Cell: BrandSA Alongside the British In progress 02-30 /07 A life size ‘prison cell’ where Mandela Council Museum. spent most of his life in will be erected in the National Mall outside the British Council offices so that passers’ by can have a ‘feel’ of what Mandela lived in whilst in Robben Island. 2. 04/07 SABC Launch of Nelson Mandela Online SABC CEO and NMF Nelson Mandela Done Radio. CEO. Foundation. 3. 06/07 IMC IMC Media Briefing IMC Chairperson GCIS Done

4. 09/07 Department of Launch of the Global Citizen Festival. Minister Radebe Gauteng In progress Energy 5. 09-15/07 GCIS Imbizo Focus Week: Nelson Mandela All Ministers. Across Provinces. In progress Centenary. 6. 10/07 GCIS 100 Men March. Minister of Pretoria In progress Communications.

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 7. 10/07 Environmental A Special Orchid named after Albertina Minister of Tourism Sisulu Botanical In progress and Tourism Sisulu event. Garden Minister of Environmental Affairs.

8. 10-11/07 NMCF Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Youth President Western Cape In progress Summit. Ramaphosa, Minister Radebe, Minister Hanekom, Judge Mokgoro, dignitaries and Business and political leaders. Speaker Baleka Mbethe

9. 12/07 IMC PSA by The President of The President SABC / Online In progress SA.

10. 13 July DST Naming of the 64th Meerkat radio DST Northern Cape In Progress telescope array after Nelson Mandela

11. 14 July BrandSA “Knit-a-thon” for Mandela: BrandSA UK In progress

South Africans in the UK will gather in a park and will be asked to donate 67 minutes of their time to knit scarves for the poor.The charity67 Blankets will be

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department Brand South Africa’s partner in this regard.

12. 14 July EC Government Nelson Mandela Golf Mthatha Country Mthatha In progress Club, NMM. Challenge. Country Club

13. 14 July Sport and Open Boxing Championships. Minister of Sports and Limpopo In progress Recreation Recreation.

14. 15 July EC Government 100 kms, 100 runners for 100 years of O.R Tambo DM in Starts in Clarkbury via In progress Mandela. partnership with Mqhekezweni Great

Prince Bandile Place and Qunu to

Vulithuba Sangoni, Mvezo Great Place. “A life of service - celebrating a birth of Chief Thembinkosi a world icon.” Zanomthetho Mtirara, Nkosazana Thoko This event provides an opportunity to Mandela and Coach professional runners and traditional Madoko Ndhlovu. leaders to commemorate 100 years of Nelson Mandela.

15. July DWS Handing over of a Water Services Minister of Water and In progress Project in Qunu/Mvezo to honour Sanitation. Nelson Mandela.

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 16. 17 July DAC Social Cohesion Dialogue. DAC Minister Walter Sisulu In progress university

17. 17/07 NMF 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. NMF CEO Wanderers. In Progress.

18. 17 July O.R Tambo Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture WSU, Mthatha In progress District To instil the values of Mandela as an Prof Municipality in iconic figure who played a significant Lumumba’s partnership with role in the struggle of freedom in SA. A attendance NHC and WSU man who spent most of his life confirmed. opposing the apartheid system.

19. 18 July ALL International Nelson Mandela Day IMC Across Provinces. In Progress. Activities

20. 18 July SABC Special Radio Broadcast From Robben All or Some of SABC Western Cape In progress Island to celebrate the 100th birth year radio stations of Madiba and a reflection of years in

incarceration at the Robben Island.

21. 18-31 July DHET Mandela Day Career Development DHET Mveso In progress Festival – A Festival of Happenings.

22. 18 July EC Government Be The Legacy –National Day of EC Government Mvezo Great Place In progress Service (Mandela Day).

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department Mandela turns 100.

 Launch of the Universal Peace Federation Africa Summit

 School activities and donations

 Clinic launch and donations

 Tree planting ceremony

 Unveiling of statue site

 Housing and development

 Official banquet

 Official ceremony.

22. 18 July DST Launch of Cradock Four Garden of DST Cradock In progress Remembrance.

23. 18July BrandSA The China office, in collaboration with Brand SA China In progress South African Embassy in Beijing, will host a Nelson Mandela Day ‘67- minutes’ activation at a Chinese school for disadvantaged children on 18th July 2018, in remembrance of Nelson Mandela.

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 24. 18/07 DAC Mandela letters production at the DAC Market Theatre In Progress Market Theatre.

25. 18-19 DAC Memorial lectures at Robbin Island DAC Robbin Island In Progress

26. 08 – 18/07 DAC The Mandela Museum in Umtata will DAC Umtata In Progress host an Arts Festival

27. 24 July Correctional Launch of Nelson Mandela Rules DCS Paarl, Western Cape In progress Services

28. 25 July EC Government Boxing Tournament O.R Tambo DM WSU Zamukulungisa In progress

During his youthful days, Mandela was a boxer. World Boxing Tournament is being organized. This is the World Mini Fly Weight Title fight. This features Simphiwe Konco who is the World Champion defending against Toto Landero from Philippines.

29. 30/07 Brand SA Brand South Africa has implemented Brand SA Online In progress the Madiba in You Competition with the School Talk Magazine, whereby learners will be encouraged to write personal stories that demonstrate how

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department they ought to live the legacy of Nelson Mandela. This will run till the 30th July 2018

August: Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu – Champions of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. 3 August GCIS Albertina Sisulu Month Launch- An event GCIS TBC In Progress to raise awareness on the Centenary of Albertina Sisulu and gender based violence. 2. August DWS Centenary Celebration for Mama Albertina Minister of Water TBC In Progress Sisulu event focusing on young women and Sanitation. who benefit from the department’s youth programmes. 3. 09 August DOW/DAC Women’s Day President Western Cape In Progress 4. 31 August GCIS Sanitary Pads Hand-Over to less fortunate GCIS TBC In Progress females as part of the Mandela Friday in the context of Mama Sisulu Month. 5. August DHET Retail Schools of Excellence Launch in DHET Kwazulu-Natal In Progress honour of Nelson Mandela. Retail School of Excellence. 6. August Sisulu Family OoMaSisulu Play Sisulu Family Cape Town In Progress Johannesburg, PE East London. 7. 1-30 Mandela Exhibition: BrandSA UK In Progress August BrandSA An exhibition of Nelson Mandela archives will be mounted at Southbank. Brand South Africa is part of the committee that is organising the exhibition with the Apartheid Museum from South Africa.

September: Madiba and MaSisulu the Custodians of Heritage

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. Sep DWS Unveiling of the plaque for the Renaming of Presidential Dam Site In Progress Gariep/Vanderkloof Dam.

2. 11 Sep Sports and Nelson Mandela Football Challenge. Ministry and SAFA TBC In Progress Recreation 3. 29 Sep Sports and Plate –Rugby Ministry and The Nelson Mandela In Progress Recreation Springboks vs Australia. South African Bay stadium Rugby Union

4. Sep Sisulu Family OoMaSisulu Play Sisulu Family Durban In Progress Bloemfontein 5. Sep Sisulu Family Albertina Sisulu Heritage Tour recording Sisulu Family Electronic In Progress

6. Sep BrandSA Screening of INVICTUS the symbolic film of Mandela & Francois Pienaar, using the sport, rugby as a unifier for the Nation in South Africa. Brand South Africa will screen the film INVICTUS to a group of UK Youth who are involved in Rugby in Portsmouth in the UK in association with African Women’s Forum. 7. 24 Sep DAC National Heritage Day President KZN In Progress

October: Madiba the Sportsman – Leading Healthy Lives

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department 1. 05 October GCIS Woman’s Health (Cancer) awareness GCIS TBC In Progress community dialogue to celebrate Mam’Sisulu as a nurse during her centenary month. 2. 9 October Sisulu Family Seminar on Ethical Leadership in Health Sisulu Family TBC Sector

3. 9 October Memorial Lecture on Albertina Sisulu the Sisulu Family TBC Sisulu Family leader in health work and society

4. 10 October Sisulu Family Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Sisulu Family TBC Alumni Breakfast on Memorial Lecture.

5. October DHET Good Practice Awards. DHET TBC In Progress

6. 7 October Sports and The Big Walk: Walk for Madiba. SRSA National Walk in In Progress Recreation Pretoria and all provincial capitals. 7. 31 October GCIS Reflective Lecture on Mama Sisulu’s life. Minister of TBC In Progress Communications.

November: Protecting women and Children against Gender Based Violence

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# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department

1. 20 Nov Sport and Football – Nelson Mandela Challenge SRSA/DAC TBC In Progress Recreation 2. Nov Sport and Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day. SRSA/DAC TBC In Progress Recreation

December: Mandela the Reconciler

# Date Lead Communication Activity Lead Principal Venue Status Department

1. 05 BrandSA 67 Scarves for the poor: Brand SA UK In Progress December Scarves made during the “knit-a-thon” in July will be handed out on the day Nelson Mandela passed away. 2. 05 DOC Remember Madiba: Media dialogue TBC Electronic In Progress December

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