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Department of International Relations Heads of Mission Gala Dinner - 9 April 2022 Freedom Park

: Honouring Heroes and Heroines; 06 April 2022; Hits: 62

Freedom Park together with the Charlotte Maxeke Institute is delighted to host a Gala Dinner on the 9^th April for the Department of International Relations Heads of Mission, in celebration of Freedom Month. This Gala Dinner could not have been hosted at a more befitting site than at Freedom Park as we instill a sense of national pride in this icon of humanity and freedom and create an awareness that a site exists where those that died fighting for freedom and liberation in this country are being honoured.

Solomon Mahlangu - Commemoration Dinner and Graduation Ceremony - 5 April 2022 Freedom Park

: Honouring Heroes and Heroines; 05 April 2022; Hits: 181

The Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu Family Trust together with Freedom Park and NYDA will host the 43^rd Commemoration Dinner and Graduation Ceremony at Freedom Park. This event commemorates this phenomenal young icon who was hanged 43 years ago. Who can forget these poignant words?

Dulcie September 34 years in

: Honouring Heroes and Heroines; 29 March 2022; Hits: 57

Five brutal bullets pierced the skull;

Into smitherines she is gunned down ;

Declared dead, buried and forgotten;

In a far flung land;

In the citadel of that brutal inhumanity;

Cloaked in the criminality;

of ' abominable civility;

Declared dead and forgotten; yet she lives;

She flows in the blood of millions of freedom lovers;

She inspires generation after generation;

34 years in, she lives on and and on.

Remembering our Struggle for Human Rights - The Sharpeville Massacre - 21 March 1960

: Honouring Heroes and Heroines; 20 March 2022; Hits: 142

March 21 is a day that most South Africans rather want to forget, but for many it serves as a reminder of the country's dark past, one which they hope never to slide back to. Despite the emotion and sadness that engulfs Human Rights Day, activists say it should never be forgotten. This is one of the ways to ensure that the people of South Africa are aware of their history and human rights as well as to ensure that such abuses never occur again.