About Heritage Day
Heritage Day (English), I langa lwama siko e sintu (isiZulu), imini yoku khumbula noku hlonipha amasiko nezithethe zakwantu (isiXhosa) and Erfenisdag (Afrikaans) is a public holiday that falls on 24 September. What will you be up to?
24 September is that time of the year when all South Africans celebrate their rich heritage.
Heritage Day (English), I langa lwama siko e sintu (isiZulu), imini yoku khumbula noku hlonipha amasiko nezithethe zakwantu (isiXhosa) and Erfenisdag (Afrikaans) is a public holiday that falls on 24 September.
The South African government said the following: “Heritage Day on 24 September recognises and celebrates the cultural wealth of our nation” while a South African website, Public Holidays said, “Heritage Day is a reminder of the nation’s cultural diversity and a chance to express national unity.”
Heritage Day is also known as National Braai Day. On 5 September 2007, Nobel Peace Prize winner Emeritus Archbishop Doctor Desmond Tutu was appointment as patron of the National Braai Day initiative.
The official website braai.com describes National Braai Day further as, “A call to all South Africans to unite around fires, share our heritage and wave our flag on 24 September every year. Across race, language, region and religion, we all share one common heritage. It is called many things: Chisa Nyama, Braai and Ukosa to name few.
Although the ingredients may differ, the one thing that never changes is that when we have something to celebrate we light fires and prepare great feasts. National Braai Day is a noble cause, which will contribute to strengthening South Africa as a nation through this act of nation-building and social cohesion.”
What will you be up to on Heritage Day? Let us know via email by sending your photos and a short description to randfonteinherald@caxton.co.za.
• Sources: publicholidays.net.za, www.gov.za, www.braai.com
