South Africa 2024 National Heritage Month

South Africa National Heritage month 2024

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Minister Gayton McKenzie launched the 2024 national Heritage Month. The session took place on Thursday, 05 September 2024, at the Freedom Park Heritage Site & Museum in Pretoria. 

This year’s national Heritage month is launched under the theme, “Celebrating the lives of our heroes and heroines who laid down their lives for our freedom”. The theme puts a spotlight on Resistance & Liberation Heritage Route Programme, and a focus on selfless struggle heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives for liberation.

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