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The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...
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Pages in category "Former public holidays in South Africa" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
See South Africa public holidays for exact dates and names. This page was last edited on 22 July 2024, at 14:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The first meeting of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission also took place on 16 December 1995. [31] In an address in 1995, Archbishop Desmond Tutu described the holiday as serving the need of healing the wounds of Apartheid. [32] The holiday is also used to celebrate minority cultural groups in South Africa, such as the San ...
Heritage Day (Afrikaans: Erfenisdag; Xhosa: Usuku Lwamagugu, Usuku lokugubha amasiko) is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September. On this day, South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people.
Kruger Day or Heroes' Day was an official public holiday in South Africa from 1882 to 1899 and again from 1952 to 1994, which celebrated annually on 10 October. The day was named after Paul Kruger, a South African politician who served as president of the South African Republic; the holiday celebrated his birthday on October 10.
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