Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile will give a keynote address at the launch of “Freedom Fridays”, an initiative of LeadSA. The event will take place on Friday, 20 September 2013 at Sakhumzi Restaurant in Soweto, Johannesburg.
There will be messages of support from, amongst others, Minister of Sports and Recreation, Mr Fikile Mbalula, Social Cohesion Advocates namely Judge Yvonne Mokgoro and Mr Ahmed Kathrada, the youth and various partners.
Freedom Fridays is a call to all South Africans to take pride in their nation and celebrate the road they have travelled since 1994. This will be symbolised every Friday by wearing anything that expresses our pride in being a South African; including colours of the national flag, traditional attire, soccer or rugby team jerseys and anything that reflects unity towards the 20th anniversary of freedom and democracy celebrations.
In celebrating this important landmark in our country’s history, government encourages every South African to participate in activities organised by their sector, organisation or business. All of us have the responsibility to respect and acknowledge the past, celebrate the present and build the future.
This is an opportunity for us to reflect on how we have achieved our freedom and democracy; the progress we have made in the past 20 years; what remains to be done and how as South Africans we are going to implement Vision 2030.
Addressing the media during the launch of the build-up programme towards the 20th anniversary of freedom and democracy, Minister Mashatile said that the launch was the beginning of a participatory process that will be underpinned by a number of activities to serve as a build up towards the celebrations.
These activities will culminate in the Freedom Day celebration on 27 April 2014 where collectively as South Africans we will say; “we have come a long way”.
“We remain grateful to the African Countries and international community for their support in the struggle for liberation”, said Mashatile. “We will use the 20th anniversary to cement our relations with historical allies, economic and trade partners”, said Mashatile.
The event will take place as follows:
Date : 20 September 2013
Time : 09:00
Venue : Sakhumzi Restaurant (Vilakazi Street) Soweto, Johannesburg
Media enquiries:
Mogomotsi Mogodiri
E-mail: MogomotsiM@dac.gov.za
David Jacobs
E-mail: DavidJ@gcis.gov.za
E-mail: 083 681 8904
Tel: 012 473 0055
RSVP: Pippa Rowles at pippar@primedia.co.za / 082 365 6732 or Josias Pila at Josiap@dac.gov.za, 078 733 9709/012 441 3713
Directions to Sakhumzi Restaurant
- Take the M1 freeway South ( Direction boards will read Kimberley/Bloemfontein )
- Stay on the Kimberly/Bloemfontein lane ( you will go past Gold Reef City on your right )
- Follow the Roodepoort lane and off-ramp on the 3rd Soweto off ramp ( Information board will read Soccer City & Soweto highway. )
- Count 4 traffic lights and turn left on the 5th ( Kliprivier Valley Road )
- At the 2nd traffic lights turn right ( Khumalo street )
- Pass two ( 2 ) streets on your left and turn on the 3rd ( Vilakazi )
- We are at the second block, double storey outside building
GPS Coordinates : S 2614ʼ206” E 27 54ʼ35,0”
