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The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Zizi Kodwa invites members of the media to the launch of Freedom Month that will take place at Freedom Park on the 6th of April 2023. The 2023 Freedom Month takes place under the theme: “Consolidating and Safeguarding Our Democratic Gains”.

For this year’s Freedom Month, it must be noted that this is the 29th anniversary of the nation’s constitutional democratic dispensation aimed at deepening the understanding of where we come from as a nation and how our democracy was achieved by identifying and celebrating untold stories and unsung heroes and heroines in every community.

Media Launch details are as follows:

Venue: Sanctuary, Freedom Park, Pretoria

Date: 06 April 2023

Time: 11h00

For RSVP, please contact: Mthuthuzeli Nqumba on 066 302 5397 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For Media enquire, please contact: Zimasa Velaphi: 072 172 8925 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Issued by Government Communications (GCIS) on behalf of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture

Attention:  All News Editors and Journalists

The National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, in collaboration with Freedom Park, a National Heritage site and an entity of the department invite members of the media to the commemoration event – a day of refection, in remembrance of the Cuito Cuanavale Battle. The commemorations will take place on Sunday, 26 March 2023 at the Sanctuary, Freedom Park in Pretoria. 

Freedom Park, a National Heritage site and an entity of the Department of Sport Arts and Culture invites the media to attend a commemoration event, and the day of refection, in remembrance of the Cuito Cuanavale Battle. The commemoration will include the wreath laying ceremony on the Wall of Names, wherein more than 185 000 names of the fallen heroes and heroines of the liberation struggle fighters are inscribed, including the names of those who fought at Cuito Cuanavale. 

 

Press Release

Under the theme National Unity, Healing and Renewal, Freedom Park, a national heritage site in Pretoria, will on Saturday 11 March 2023 host the tenth Ungasali storytelling festival. The festival will be preceded by interfaith prayers, rituals, drumming and a Carnival Walk. Expected to attend are leaners, educators, and the public. Entrance is free of charge.


 

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