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The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country.
29 maj 2024 · Day of Reconciliation, public holiday observed in South Africa on December 16. The holiday originally commemorated the victory of the Voortrekkers (southern Africans of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent who made the Great Trek) over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
16 gru 2023 · Every year on this day we celebrate our greatest achievement: reconciliation between the races and the forging of a common identity as South Africans. Reconciliation is not an act of forgetting or ignoring the wounds of the past.
With the advent of democracy in South Africa 16 December retained its status as a public holiday. South Africa's first non-racial and democratic government was tasked with promoting reconciliation and national unity.
South Africa will mark National Reconciliation Day on 16 December 2022 to focus on promoting social cohesion, healing, unity, nation-building, and renewal.
16 gru 2023 · SA marks Day of Reconciliation. Saturday, December 16, 2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa will today deliver the keynote address at the 2023 National Day of Reconciliation celebrations at the Thohoyandou Stadium in the Vhembe District in Limpopo.
16 gru 2021 · We must hand over a non-racial, inclusive and a united South Africa to the next generation”. As we commemorate this day, all South Africans are asked to renew their commitment to the ideals of human dignity and equality.
