The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, is expected to deliver the lecture on Saturday.

The world commemorates the birthday of former president Nelson Mandela every year on 18 July, when humanity is called upon to reach out to those that are less fortunate and in need of assistance.

This year’s event comes a day after the daughter of struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was laid to rest at Fourways Memorial Park, north of Johannesburg.

NMF spokesperson, Sello Hatang says the lecture will celebrate both fallen struggle icons.

“We will be remembering her activism through the lecture, so the lecture will be celebrating the lives of Madiba and their legacies with Zindzi.”

He added: “It’s another important moment where we are saying let’s pause as a people and try to find solutions to some of the solutions that she had identified as problematic herself.”

Jacaranda FM