Ndileka Mandela

Ndileka Mandela is a writer, social activist, and the head of one of South Africa’s most prominent rural upliftment organizations, the Thembekile Mandela Foundation, which works around education, health, youth and women’s development in rural villages. She is one of South Africa’s best-known feminists and the eldest grandchild of Nelson Mandela. She is on the board of several NGOs and philanthropic organizations and is an outspoken supporter of the #MeToo movement, using her platform to combat stigma surrounding sexual violence.


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To honor my grandfather Nelson Mandela’s legacy, we must fight ‘climate apartheid’

The half of the global population that lives on less than $6.85 a day has the smaller carbon footprint but is the most vulnerable to climate change.