True Madiba love shown at Clearwater through mosaic

On Mandela Day, Clearwater Mall teamed up with Rhodes Quality Foods and Leap Science & Maths Schools to attempt the biggest ever (and a first for Johannesburg) Mandela Mosaic, consisting of 27 216 cans of food.

The event was held from 9am to 5pm on 18 July in the Clearwater Mall Piazza. A number of companies were invited to participate in the event by making a donation towards Leap Science & Math Schools as well as gathering a group of staff members to pack the mosaic. A hundred and fifty learners from various Leap Schools volunteered to assist the corporates if they were unable to send big teams to help with the packing of the mosaic.

Local radio station, Mix FM, did a live broadcast on the day, and conducted interviews with various people, among them John Gilmore, the founder and Executive Director of Leap Science & Maths Schools; Jess Denner, the Marketing Manager at Clearwater Mall, and Merlin Norman, the Group Marketing Manager of Rhodes Quality Foods.

Corporates that participated on Mandela Day included Greenbox, Doppio Zero, McDonalds, African Bank, Southey Contracting, ADMED, Truworths, CPS Promotions, Garden World, Clearwater Mall and BSG.

The sponsors for the event were Clearwater Mall, Rhodes Quality Foods, which sponsored all the cans that were used, McDonalds, who sponsored meals for all the volunteer learners, and Leap Science & Maths Schools.

A tribute in the form of a short period of silence was paid to the recently deceased legend, Johnny Clegg, as the organisers played Asimbonanga (Clegg’s song dedicated to Nelson Mandela).

All the boxes of food will be distributed to various Clearwater Mall and Leap NGOs during the week.

The event was ended with the National Anthem sung by a learner from a Leap School. The crowd could not contain themselves, however, and quickly joined in the singing.

The event was a success and brought tons of individuals from various companies together with one goal in sight.