President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to join clean-up efforts this past Sunday and help rebuild the country as part of Mandela Day celebrations. Parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were decimated by unrest and mass looting that left businesses destroyed and turned large areas into rubbish heaps "This Sunday, South Africans will join people across the world in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day. As we reaffirm our commitment to our democracy, let us use Mandela Day to provide food to the most vulnerable in our society, to clean up our streets and to start the task of rebuilding," Ramaphosa said in a statement issued by government.