Buying from local neighbourhood farmers and local markets keeps money circulating within communities and reduces the environmental footprint of transporting food over long distances.
Every year on July 18, South Africans pause to honour Nelson Mandela in the simplest yet most powerful way imaginable: by giving back.
For 67 minutes, millions of people roll up their sleeves, serve warm meals, clean neighbourhoods, visit children's homes or lend a helping hand wherever it is needed.
But Mandela Day has never really been about the clock. It has always been about something far older and deeply rooted in South African life: Ubuntu.
"I am because we are", is more than a familiar saying.
