“Our struggle for freedom and justice was a collective effort. Mandela Day is no different” #NelsonMandela #MandelaDay #ActionAgainstPoverty #TacklingInequality

'A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest' #NelsonMandela #TacklingInequality

As Madiba said ‘It is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now”. In taking #ActionAgainstPoverty you can make the difference on #MandelaDay and every other day, to make of our world a better one for all. #Ubuntu #TacklingInequality

.Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh says today is a bittersweet one as we mourn the passing of Mama Zindzi Mandela. He further identifies the need to depoliticise poverty ahead of today's 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be delivered by UN SG Antonio Guterres #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality

I am incredibly proud to be part of the inaugural cohort of GM fellows, a diverse group united in addressing the inequalities faced by various communities. A huge thank you to GM Integrated Care Partnership for organising this year long training. #FHfA #TacklingInequality

Register: nelsonmandela.org/content/page/a… #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality

'Poverty and material inequality are enemies of lasting peace and stability' #NelsonMandela #ActionAgainstPoverty #TacklingInequality #NMAL2020

'We are at a moment in history where the world can either be drawn into ever-intensifying rounds of global conflict & increasing inequality, or from which it can emerge with a renewed commitment to peace & global cooperation' #NelsonMandela #TacklingInequality

'A secure future for humanity depends as much as anything else on the rapid narrowing of the gap between the rich & the poor within single nations & amongst nations' #NelsonMandela #TacklingInequality

'Put starkly, we have a situation in which the further accumulation of wealth, rather than contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of all humanity, is generating poverty at a frighteningly accelerated pace' #NelsonMandela #ActionAgainstPoverty #TacklingInequality

This week, I’ve also decided to try and tackle WiFi Poverty by buying USBs and downloading course content onto these so pupils can take them home and use them when they can’t access Glow. #smallactions #bigchanges #wifipoverty #usbdaft #inclusion #GIRFEC #tacklinginequality

Over the years, #MandelaDay as an initiative has been used to alleviate food insecurity. There has never been a more urgent need for solidarity and concerted efforts to take #ActionAgainstPoverty while the country and world battles with a range of injustices. #TacklingInequality

ICYMI: 'Discrimination, abuse & lack of access to justice define inequality for many, particularly indigenous people, migrants, refugees & minorities of all kinds. Such inequalities are a direct assault on human rights' @AntonioGuterres at #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality

.@TembekaNgcukai1 shares some personal moments & some thoughts over the inequality that persists in our country ahead of today's 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be delivered by United Nations SG @AntonioGuterres #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality events.nelsonmandela.org/events/2020/07… #NMAL2020

South Africa's Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi shares an extremely important message on gender-based violence with us prior to tomorrow's 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be delivered by @AntonioGuterres #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality #EndGBV

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.Siya Kolisi sharing condolences on the passing of Sis Zindzi Mandela & gives a commitment to continue the struggle for a more just, equal society ahead of today's 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be delivered by United Nations
SG @AntonioGuterres #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality

'We belong to each other. We stand together, or we fall apart.' said United Nations Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres at the #NMAL2020 entitled 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: a new social contract for a new era' #TacklingInequality

ICYMI: Here is the transcript of the full speech of the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture @NMAL2020 by United Nations Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres on 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: a new social contract for a new era' - nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/ann… #TacklingInequality

Dr Sindiso Mnisi-Weeks reflects on MLK's principle injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere and the concept of ubuntu ahead of of today's 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to be delivered by United Nations SG @AntonioGuterres #NMAL2020 #TacklingInequality @SindisMW

'Gender inequality harms everyone because it prevents us from benefiting from the intelligence and experience of all of humanity' says United Nations SG @AntonioGuterres at the #NMAL2020 entitled 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: a new social contract for a new era'. #TacklingInequality