According to the 'Egemen Kazakhstan' (www.egemen.kz), the leading Kazakh media outlet, Honourable Ms. Ndileka Mandela, the eldest grandchild of H.E. Mr. Nelson Mandela, the First President of the Republic of South Africa, the Founder and CEO of the Thembekile Mandela Foundation, congratulated Kazakhstanis on the upcoming Nauryz (New Day) holiday, celebrated annually on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. This festivity marks the first day of spring and arrival of the Kazakh New Year of White Cow.