Cape Town celebrates Madiba

JOHANNESBURG - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been one of the first to get his hands dirty for Mandela Day.
The official international day not only celebrates Nelson Mandela's birthday, but also honours the 67 years he spent fighting for social justice.
People around the world are asked to contribute 67 minutes of their time, and Archbishop Tutu put his words into action at an underprivileged school in Cape Town.
Tutu said the celebrated former statesman "makes us walk tall and reminds us that we have the capacity as a fantastic nation."
Elsewhere in the city was a gathering of 670 people at a shopping mall who are spending 67 minutes packing 67,000 food parcels for children across the Western Cape.
Close to 20 organisations have each sponsored ingredients and brought along their own volunteers who quickly got to work for international organisation called Stop Hunger Now SA

The organisation aims to feed 2,000 children at 56 pre-schools across the coastal province.
David Jacobs from the organisation said: "I always say Mandela day for a non-profit is a bit like Valentine's day for a florist but what happens in the next few weeks? So these meals, because they [are] a dry product will last us 10 to 12 weeks so what is done today is not just something just for today and go home."
On Klipfontein Road, South Africans from all walks of life have literally joined hands to echo Madiba's call for a united, non-racial South Africa.
They braved the rain and formed a human chain on a nine kilometre stretch of road.
Comedian Chester Missing said: "It's Mandela Day so mix your corn flakes and Rice Crispies in one bowl and throw in some coconut."
Another comic, Siv Ngesi said: "Today, it's raining and the black and the coloured girls are still out here even in the rain risking their hair, then you know people love Madiba."
Prisoners at Pollsmoor where Madiba spent some of his 27 years behind bars volunteered to build kennels for dogs in Cape Town's townships.
They said it was not just to honour Madiba, but also their way of giving back to the communities they have wronged.
Inmate Ricardo Daniels said: "When I go out then I got experience from doing things on my own. And earn money on my own. And leave crime alone."