Partners, collaborators and contributors
The Mandela Initiative is privileged to enjoy numerous, strategic partnerships in its efforts to reduce poverty and inequality. The basic partnership is between the university-based Think Tank and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a non-profit organisation focused on memory, dialogue and legacy work, founded by Nelson Mandela himself. Another key partner is the support program in the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Other collaborators and contributors since 2012 conference have been from the academic, government, civil society, business, and development sectors and include:
- A2B Transformation Movement
- Africa Health Placements
- African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
- African Food Security Urban Network
- Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, UCT
- Amadlelo Agri University of Fort Hare Dairy Trust
- AMERU-Wits
- Animal Production Institute, ARC
- Bowman Gilfillan
- Bulungula Incubator
- CADRE, Rhodes University
- Cape Times
- Cape Town Partnership
- CCMA
- Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria
- Centre for Development Support (CDS), University of the Free State
- Centre for Early Childhood Development
- Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) University of Pretoria
- Centre for Law and Society
- Centre for Multigrade Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration
- Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg
- Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town
- Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford
- Centre for the Community School – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Centre for the Integrated Post-School Education and Training, Nelson Mandela Metropole University
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
- Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
- City of Cape Town
- City Press
- Cluster of Adult Education, Development, Leadership & Management, School of Education and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Collegians Foundation; Victoria hospital; UCT
- Columba Leadership
- Community Development, Department of Social Development
- Consultant to the Department of Health
- COSATU
- DataFirst, University of Cape Town
- De Beers Equal Allocation Trust
- Department of Anthropology, Walter Sisulu University
- Department of Basic Education
- Department of Development Studies, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Department of Economic Development, Environment & Tourism, Limpopo
- Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch
- Department of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, UCT
- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, UNISA
- Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria
- Department of Political Sciences, UNISA
- Department of Public Law, University of Pretoria
- Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
- Department of Social Development, University
- Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University
- Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town
- Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Pretoria
- Dept of Economics, Free State University
- Desmond Tutu HIV Centre & School of Medicine, University of Cape Town
- Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University
- Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
- DG Murray Trust
- Dreamfields Project
- Durban Solid Waste
- Dutch Reformed Church: Synod of the Western and Southern Cape Region
- Early Learning Resources Unit
- Education Development Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT
- Energy Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town
- Environmental and Process Systems Engineering Research Group, UCT
- Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU), University of Cape Town (now dissolved)
- Environmental Monitoring Group
- Equal Education
- Equal Education Law Centre (EELC)
- Etafeni Trust
- Evaluation Directorate, National Department of Social Development
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
- Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
- Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
- Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch
- Financial and Fiscal Commission
- Foundation for Professional Development
- Gauteng City Region Observatory, Wits University
- George Mason University
- Grandmothers Against Poverty and Aids (GAPA)
- Grassroot Soccer
- Haffejee Roskam Savage
- Hantam Community Education Trust
- HARICCI Team, UWC Centre for Research in HIV and AIDS
- Haverford College
- Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town
- Health Systems Research Unit, MRC and University of Oxford
- History Department, Rhodes University
- Home-Language Project (no longer existing)
- Household Energy Association of South Africa
- Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria
- Human Resource Development Council of South Africa
- Human Sciences Research Council
- IkamvaYouth
- Ilifa Labantwana
- Impumelelo: Stellenbosch Academy for Social Innovation
- Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa
- Institute for Development and Labour Law, University of Cape Town
- Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town
- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), UWC
- Institution of Rural Development
- International Water Management Institute
- Isandla Institute
- Jubilee Community Church
- Justice & Transformation, Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town
- Kairos Southern Africa
- Keystone Accountability
- Khulumani Support Group, Siyavuna Development Centre
- Letsema Circle (no longer existing)
- Life Change Ministry
- Madell Planning Associates
- Mail & Guardian
- Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
- Medical Research Council
- merSETA
- Midlands Community College – Centre for Further Education and Training
- Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy
- Monash South Africa
- Naidu Consulting
- National Association of Child Care Workers
- National Department of Social Development
- National Education Evaluation and Development Unit, Department of Basic Education
- National Planning Commission
- National Treasury
- National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- National Wool Growers’ Association of SA
- Navigant Foundation
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- North-West University
- NRF Chair: Local Pasts, Present Realities, University of the Witwatersrand
- Office of the Deputy President
- Penreach
- Performance Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Perinatal Mental Health Project
- Phuhlisani
- Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa
- Psychology Department, University of Cape Town
- Psychology Department, University of Stellenbosch
- Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Restitution Foundation
- Rhodes University
- Rural Urban Integration Consultants & Centre for Development Support, UFS
- Sasol Inzalo Foundation
- SaveAct
- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UKZN
- School of Agriculture, University of Venda
- School of Build Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- School of Economics, University of Cape Town
- School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- School of Social Sciences & Development Studies, Walter Sisulu University
- Schools Environmental Education Project (SEEP)
- Seriti Institute
- Siyavula
- Soul City Institute
- South African Bureau of Standards
- South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID)
- Southern African Labour and Development Reserch Unit (SALDRU), UCT
- Sowetan
- St Augustine College
- Statistics South Africa
- Street Law
- Student Equity and Talent Management Unit (SETMU), Wits University
- Suburban Housing Action Campaign
- Sustainable Energy Africa
- Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation
- TEACH South Africa
- that’sit (no longer existing)
- The Citizens Movement
- The Community Based Development Initiative
- The PETS Foundation
- The Presidency: Republic of South Africa
- Pathways to Resilience Project, Resilience Research Centre
- Thembalethu Welfare Society (no longer existing)
- Times Media Group
- Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
- Training and Resources for ECD (TREE)
- Tshikululu Social Investments
- Tshwane University of Technology
- Ubuntu Education Fund
- Umthombo Youth Development Foundation
- Unicef
- UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership
- University of Basel
- University of Cape Town
- University of Fort Hare
- University of Johannesburg
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of Limpopo
- University of Pretoria
- University of Pretoria Law Clinic
- University of South Africa
- University of Stellenbosch
- University of the Free State
- University of the Western Cape
- University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Venda
- UnLtd South Africa
- Vaal University of Technology
- Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading/ SUN Development
- Western Cape Provincial Government
- Wits School of Education
