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🇿🇦 Van Riebeeck's Day in South Africa
Commemorated the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck at the Cape
Date in South Africa
April 6
Instituted1952
Public life in South Africa
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
Formerly known as
Founder's Day
What this holiday commemorates
In South Africa, around 1952
- 1952 Oliver Tambo establishes South Africa's first Black legal partnership, Mandela & Tambo, with Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. · South Africa
- 1952 (c.) Albert Luthuli dismissed from his Groutville chieftaincy by the apartheid government after refusing to abandon the Defiance Campaign. · South Africa
- 1952 Albert Luthuli elected President-General of the African National Congress at the annual national conference in Queenstown. · South Africa