150 Years of Charlotte Maxeke The 7th April 2021 marks a historic remembrance of South Africa’s great woman, Mother of Black Freedom, Charlotte Makgomo Mannya-Maxeke, who would be celebrating a 150 years. Her history and legacy is included as part our country’s Resistance and Liberation Heritage...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC), the implementing agent of the country’s Resistance and Liberation Heritage Route programme, will commemorate Human Rights month through a virtual Liberation Legacy Public Lecture that will focus on the entity’s first 10-part serial nomination dossier - Human...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) is saddened by the passing of King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu after battling with a prolonged illness at the age of 72 years. The NHC would like to send their heartfelt condolences to the Zulu Kingdom and...
Human Rights Month (01 – 31 March) will this year be observed under the theme: “The year of Charlotte Maxeke: promoting human rights in the Age of COVID-19”, with Human Rights Day commemorated on 21 March 2021 at the Eastern Cape in the form of...
A number of name changes in the Eastern Cape were announced by the Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture, Nathi Mthethwa on 25 February. ‘Port Elizabeth’ the biggest metro in the province and its name is now history and will now be called Gqeberha. Mthethwa also...
Due to the growing concern on the alarming high number of COVID-19 infections; Cabinet took a decision to move the country back to COVID-19 Alert Level 3, as announced by the President on the 28th of December 2020. This announcement saw the Sport, Arts and...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) has partnered with SOMAFCO Trust on the national Indigenous Poetry Challenge as an intervention to unlock opportunities for the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector amid the global pandemic, COVID 19 that has affected many other sectors. The...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) was saddened after hearing about the passing of the prolific and renowned legend Jazz musician, Ntate Jonas Gwangwa who died aged 83. The NHC honoured Ntate Gwangwa through one of its annual programmes – Golden Shield Heritage...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC), an entity of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, will commemorate World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture through a virtual public dialogue on Friday, 22 January 2021. The focus of the dialogue will be “Food...
World AIDS Day was first observed as a commemorative event on 01 December 1988 when Health Ministers from around the world met under the auspices of the World Health Organization and agreed on the concept of the day as creating an opportunity to pay special...
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