Other Speeches
My Fellow South Africans,our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding President of our democratic nation has departed.
I am honoured by the invitation to deliver this year’s
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture. I thank the organisers: the Department of Arts and Culture, the University of KZN, and the Luthuli Foundation for giving me this opportunity.
I am honoured by the invitation to deliver this year’s
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture. I thank the organisers: the Department of Arts and Culture, the University of KZN, and the Luthuli Foundation for giving me this opportunity.
I have done this as a way of reflecting the diversity of the South African nation; a nation our founding father; Tata Nelson Mandela, once referred to as a “rainbow nation”.
I bring you revolutionary greetings from the ANCWL. The WL would like to thank the family of Cde Rahima Moosa for having shared with the nation a finest daughter of the revolution.
Thank you for joining us on this important occasion to celebrate the National Heritage Day and the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Mdantsane Township.This year we celebrate Heritage Day under the theme—“Reclaiming, Restoring and Celebrating Our Living Heritage”.
As we conclude another important milestone in the calendar of our country that of celebrating the women’s month, we begin the month of September to celebrate our cultural heritage.
We gather on this day every year to celebrate the heroism of women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956.The year 2013 is special as we are marking 100 years of women’s struggles for liberation from all forms of oppression in this country, under the theme; “A Centenary of Working Together towards Sustainable Women Empowerment and Gender Equality”
From today until the end of the month, the government and the people of South Africa will be commemorating Women’s Month under the theme: “A centenary of working together towards sustainable women empowerment and gender equality”
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the inaugural Can Themba Memorial Lecture. This is a very important milestone in pursuit of our mandate of recognizing and celebrating individuals who have made exceptional contributions in the development of the South African arts, culture and heritage sectors.