(18 Jul 2025)
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Johannesburg – 18 July 2025
1. Wide of a board with message reading (English) "Happy Mandela Day"
2. Mid of chefs preparing meals in a bustling kitchen for a Mandela Day
3. Mid of a large pot of soup boiling in a kitchen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanneke Van Linge, Head of Nosh Food Rescue:
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“It is the 6th year that we are now running this 67,000 litre challenge. Even in our first year, I think 2020, we already exceeded the 67,000 litres. Last year, we did 104,000 litres of soup in one day with our participating kitchen. So yeah, we set a target of 100,000 litres this year."
4. Various of kitchen staff serving soup
5. Close of chef slicing an onion
7. Mid of chef James Khoza chopping onions
8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Khoza, Executive chef and chairman of NGO Chefs with Compassion:
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"If you look at the prices right now, they’ve they’ve gone up out of the roof, so affordability is a problem and if you look at unemployment as well, there’s a lot of people that are unemployed. So what are we doing about it as people in this country? We’re saying that as chefs in this country, we can highlight that and do our bit as well as chefs and make sure that because we are skilled in that regard, we can also chip in and help.
9. Chef walking with bucket of soup
10. Mid of chefs in a kitchen preparing dishes for Mandela Day
STORYLINE:
Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces in a "souper-human" effort on Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hungry, in celebration of Nelson Mandela Day.
First officially recognized by the United Nations in 2009, International Nelson Mandela Day encourages people to commemorate the birthday and legacy of South Africa’s first Black president by volunteering for 67 minutes, which is equivalent to his 67 years of public service.
To mark the birthday of South Africa’s former head of state, who was born in 1918, cooks all over the country made soup in their own kitchens to contribute toward reaching the target.
Despite the numbers of cooks taking part, they didn’t seem concerned about spoiling the broth.
Every year, South Africans volunteer their time on July 18, cleaning up public spaces, helping at schools or hospitals, or performing humanitarian work and making donations.
Hanneke Van Linge, Head of Nosh Food Rescue, said she hoped to beat 67,000 liters this year.
"Last year, we did 104,000 litres of soup in one day with our participating kitchen," she said.
"So there are hotels and culinary schools like HTA, feeding schemes, our hubs, they’re all cooking where they are… with rescued, donated produce and putting in as many litres as we can. So yeah, we set a target of 100,000 litres this year," she added.
Chefs with Compassion, is a non-profit organization that works to combat hunger and food waste.
This year marks the sixth consecutive year that they’ve rescued excess food from farmers and shops that would otherwise have been thrown out. Instead, the chefs use it to make large quantities of soup to offer to the thousands of Johannesburg residents who are food insecure.
"If you look at the prices right now, they’ve they’ve gone up out of the roof," said James Khoza, Executive Chef and Chairman of NGO Chefs with Compassion.
"So affordability is a problem and if you look at unemployment as well, there’s a lot of people that are unemployed," he added.
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