President Jacob Zuma will on Friday, 20 May 2016, address the historic Fort Hare centenary celebrations at the University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus in the Eastern Cape.
The celebration will acknowledge the role that the university has played in educating Africans. It will celebrate the values and traditions that made the university to be Africa’s most respected institution of higher learning.
Alumni from Fort Hare include former President Nelson Mandela, ANC president Oliver Tambo, Botswana’s first democratic President Seretse Khama, President Julius Nyerere of the United Republic of Tanzania, Pan-African Congress leader Robert Sobukwe, the first President of the Republic of Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda and the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe who is scheduled to grace and address the celebrations as well.
The event will also coincide with Africa Month to commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity presently known as the Africa Union under the theme, “Building a Better Africa and Better World.”
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Enquiries:
Dr Bongani Ngqulunga
Cell: 082 308 9373
E-mail: bongani@presidency.gov.za
Hlomani Baloyi
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