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As our friends and institutional partners know, the Nelson Mandela Foundation remains under an interim management structure while an independent investigation is conducted into anonymous allegations of impropriety and misconduct. By any measure this is a difficult time for the Foundation, and we are grateful for the goodwill and encouragement we have been experiencing. The latter has manifested in many ways, arguably most importantly in the collaborative work we have continued to do in the social justice arena.
In recent weeks the focus of our Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme has shifted in response to government’s decision to direct Covid relief funding to the sector. Through 2020 we worked cross-sectorally to identify and capacitate nearly 40 000 unregistered ECD centres around the country to begin the processes which will lead to recognition by the state and eligibility for state subsidies. We are now working with the Department of Social Development and our c
GLACE BAY, N.S. For more than three years, a pair of icemakers in Glace Bay have been fighting to get their jobs back, but now the controversy is over, and the pair are back on the ice. After more than three years on the bench, it didn t take long for news to spread in the community of Glace Bay that the Zamboni drivers at the former Bayplex are now back on the ice at the newly renovated and named Miners Forum. I missed it a lot, because I ve done it for so long, said Wayne Perry. It s just a part of my life. It s nice to be back around the kids, and the people, and to see this beautiful building.