How to spend your 67 minutes

17 July 2015 - 02:10 By Kaunda Selisho

Wondering what to do on Mandela Day? Here are some suggestions. Johannesburg:Join the Dlala Nje blanket drive in Hillbrow. Blanket drop-off points are Shop One, Ponte City, Hillbrow, and 1 Lily Avenue, Berea.The Lamp Post consignment store in Norwood is hosting a shoe drive at 79 Grant Avenue. Its aim is to collect 167 pairs of sneakers.Food Bank SA will be holding a hamper-packing day at its warehouses in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.Clothes for Charity will collect clothes, books, basic foods and stationery in Soweto at the Food Zone, opposite Thokoza Park.Cape Town:Techsupply will be cleaning up parks in Rondebosch and plans to provide meals for homeless people in the parks.Donate items on the wish list of the Nazareth House home for children with special needs.Durban:Help Stop Hunger Now packs a million meals in a day.Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust will host a Mandela Day market and tea garden on Saturday at 26 Old Main Road, Hillcrest, from 8am to 2pm.Join the Sunfoil Dolphins and the SA National Blood Service to help them reach their target of collecting 67 pints of blood or more at the Musgrave Blood Bank today and tomorrow. ..

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