The Northern Cape Provincial Government will mark the 2014 National Reconciliation Day on Sunday, 14 December 2014. The day will be celebrated at the Mayibuye Precinct in Galeshewe in the Frances Baard District, Upington 26 Memorial in the ZF Mgcawu District, Methodist Church at Laxey Village in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District, AGS Church at De Aar in the Pixley ka Seme District and Nababeep Hall in Namakwa District.

The Mayibuye Precinct and Upington 26 Memorial venues in Frances Baard and ZF Mgcawu districts will host the events because of their embodiment of reconciliation and nation building. The day will be marked under the theme: “Social Cohesion, Reconciliation and National Unity in the 20 years of Democracy.”

The 2014 Reconciliation Day celebrations were preceded by community dialogues aimed at fostering social cohesion and nation building. Premier Sylvia Lucas is set to deliver Reconciliation Day message at Upington, while MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Lebogang Motlhaping will be doing the same at Laxey Village. The event at Nababeep hall is scheduled to receive the keynote address from the MEC for Infrastructure and Public Works David Rooi, while Frances Baard community will be addressed by the MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison Martha Bartlett. The MEC for Health Mack Jack is set to deliver a keynote address at the AGS church at De Aar.

Editor’s Notes:

The National Reconciliation Day was adopted at the start of our democracy when it was envisioned that reconciliation, peace and stability would be a defining character of our new democratic dispensation.

The Government of National Unity, led by our late President Nelson Mandela, identified a day which would be dedicated to this ideal. The National Reconciliation Day encouraged the need to introduce, nurture and entrench new values in our society. It sought to rebuild the country that had been ravaged by apartheid.

National Reconciliation Day is therefore of even greater importance today as we strive to build a more cohesive society. Social cohesion is one of the priorities outlined in the National Development Plan and Government’s Medium-Term Strategic Framework 2014 - 2019.


Issued by: Conrad Fortune

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Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Department
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