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MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Mossel Bay executive mayor Alderman Harry Levendal, the members of the executive mayoral committee and municipal manager, Advocate Thys Giliomee spent their 67 minutes in honour of the late former president Nelson Mandela collecting refuse in KwaNonqaba.
On Mandela Day on Tuesday, Mayor Levendal said Madiba had left a noteworthy legacy and urged residents to live every day honouring the principles for which Madiba became world renowned.
"Honesty, reconciliation and a keen sense of fairness are attributes every person in Mossel Bay should embrace for the promise of a better future for all," Alderman Levendal stressed.
Every year on 18 July, South Africans and the global community honour South Africa’s late former President and international icon, Nelson Mandela. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed Mandela's birthday, 18 July, as Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009.
The overarching objective of Nelson Mandela International Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better and in so doing, build a global movement for good.
The Nelson Mandela International Day campaign asks that individuals, groups and corporates pledge 67 minutes of their time on 18 July, and every day thereafter, to give back to their communities. The 67 minutes is symbolic of commemorating the 67 years that Mandela had been a part of the movement for liberation.
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