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OTP leads Mpumalanga's Mandela Day Commemoration in Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
Mpumalanga - FinanceRef: https://www.mpg.gov.za/media/otp-leads-mpumalangas-mandela-day-commemoration-thembisile-hani-local-municipality
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Collected on 18 July 2026
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What this means
This document is a Mpumalanga Office of the Premier media release dated 17 July 2026 about Mandela Day activities in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality. It states that ahead of International Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July, the OTP led a community outreach programme under the theme “It’s Still in Our Hands to Combat Poverty and Inequity.” The release describes clean-up work at an illegal dumping site in Phola, pothole patching along a key route, and tree planting at a local ECD centre as part of the Presidential One Million Trees Campaign, including donations to the centre.
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Mpumalanga
Reference
https://www.mpg.gov.za/media/otp-leads-mpumalangas-mandela-day-commemoration-thembisile-hani-local-municipality
Key Takeaways
- Office of the Premier (OTP) media release
- Date: 17 July 2026
- Mandela Day: 18 July 2026
- Theme: “It’s Still in Our Hands to Combat Poverty and Inequity.”
- Location: Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
- Clean-up campaign at an illegal dumping site in Phola
- Patching of potholes along a key route
- Tree planting at a local ECD centre
- Trees for the Presidential One Million Trees Campaign
- ECD centre received donations
- Participants: Executive Mayor Cllr Lesetja Jacob Dikgale, Director-General Ms Maggie Skosana, senior management
- Office of the Premier (OTP), Mpumalanga
- Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
- Cllr Lesetja Jacob Dikgale
- Maggie Skosana
- Presidential One Million Trees Campaign
- Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre
- Phola
Dates
Closing Date
17 July 2026