McKenzie to launch national Heritage Month

Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie will this morning launch the 2024 national Heritage Month at the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum in Pretoria.

This year’s theme is “Celebrating the lives of our heroes and heroines who laid down their lives for our freedom”.

The theme puts a spotlight on the Resistance and Liberation Heritage Route Programme and focusses on selfless struggle heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives for liberation.

Government through the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and its entities, the National Heritage Council (NHC), South African Heritage Resource Agency and the Department of Military Veterans, will briefly unpack the Homecoming and Repatriation project as the key highlight for heritage month.

Mckenzie will also outline the overall Heritage Month calendar activities, which among others include, the Heritage Day Celebration and Indigenous Games Festival. –Reporting by Puseletso Mokoena.

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Minister Gayton McKenzie launches 2024 National Heritage Month, Freedom Park

Details:
Date: Thursday, 05 September 2024
Time: 09h00
Venue: Freedom Park Heritage Sites &Museum, koch st &, 7th Ave, Salvokop, Pretoria.https://t.co/NiG2Nos9zf pic.twitter.com/oKfOSk0VDP

— Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (@SportArtsCultur) September 3, 2024