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🇿🇦 Heritage Day in South Africa
Also known as: National Braai Day
Celebrates South African cultural heritage
Date in South Africa
September 24
Instituted1995
A day to celebrate the diverse cultural heritage and traditions of South Africa.
Recognizes and celebrates the cultural wealth of the South African nation
How Heritage Day is observed in South Africa
Historical significance
Originally known as Shaka Day, it was renamed Heritage Day and included in the Public Holidays Bill presented to the Parliament of South Africa in 1995.
Public life in South Africa
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
Types of celebration
Cultural
On this day in African history
- 1973 Amílcar Lopes Cabral's vision realized as the People's National Assembly unilaterally declares the independence of Guinea-Bissau in Madina do Boé. · Guinea-Bissau
- 1979 Rawlings hands power to President Hilla Limann, inaugurating Ghana's Third Republic; the AFRC inserts an indemnity clause into the new constitution pr... · Ghana
- 1995 The day is declared Heritage Day in South Africa, a public holiday to celebrate the cultural diversity of the country.
- 2008 Kgalema Motlanthe is elected as the Third President of South Africa by the National Assembly, to fill the position after the resignation of Thabo Mbek...
- 2015 Burkina Faso's interim President Michel Kafando is re-instated a week after a military coup.