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| Suid Afrika vier Erfenisdag op 24 September. |
| Die dag vier die diversiteit van kulturele tradisies en oortuigings. |
| Suid Afrika is baie eklekties in terme van kulture en geloofstelsels en Erfenisdag bied die nasie se mense ʼn manier om bewus te word van ander kulture binne die grense van hul nasie. |
| In 1994 het die destydse President Nelson Mandela alle mense in die land aangemoedig om op Erfenisdag vrolik saam te braai om hulle tradisies te vier. |
| Suid Afrika het ʼn uitgebreide geskiedenis van verdeeldheid, so 'n dag wanneer die aandag gefokus is op omhelsing van die verskille in plaas van verset teen die verskille is veral belangrik. |
| Erfenisdag is ook ʼn viering van die vele bydrae van al die mense wat vandag in Suid Afrika woon. |
| Erfenisdag word gevier deur 'n verskeidenheid van gebeure en aktiwiteite oor die hele nasie. |
| Byvoorbeeld, in Houtbaai vier die inwoners dit met 'n weermag leër wat optrek en 'n heruitvoering van 'n stryd wat daar geveg was. |
| Daar is ook baie ander openbare aktiwiteite om Erfenisdag te vier. |
| In 2015 was daar ʼn media veldtog wat probeer het om Erfenisdag as Nasionale Braaidag voor te stel omwille van die fokus op saam braai. |
| Voor 1995, was 24 September bekend as Shaka Dag ter herdenking van Shaka, die Koning van die Zulus. |
| Shaka het gehelp om die uiteenlopende Zulu stamme saam te bring in ʼn enkele nasie. |
| Die Zulu mense kom elke jaar saam by Shaka se graf om hulde te bring aan hom op hierdie datum. |
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HideSouth Africa observes Heritage Day on September 24.
The day is about celebrating diversity of cultural traditions and beliefs.
South Africa is very eclectic in terms of cultures and belief systems, and Heritage Day offers the nation's people a way to become cognizant about the other cultures within the borders of their nation.
In 1994, then-President Nelson Mandela urged all peoples living in the country to have a barbecue on Heritage Day to celebrate their traditions with alacrity.
South Africa has an extensive history of divisiveness, so having a day when attention is focused on embracing differences in congruity rather than clamoring against those differences is especially important.
Heritage Day is also about celebrating the many contributions of all people who live in South Africa today.
Heritage Day is celebrated through a variety of events and activities held throughout the nation.
For example, in Hout Bay, the residents celebrate with an army procession and a reenactment of a battle that happened there.
There are also many other public activities celebrating Heritage Day.
In 2015, there was a media campaign which attempted to rebrand Heritage Day as National Braai Day because of the focus on barbecuing together.
Before 1995, September 24 was called Shaka Day to commemorate Shaka, the Zulu King.
Shaka helped in bringing together the disparate Zulu clans into a single nation.
The Zulu people gather every year at Shaka's grave to pay homage to him on this date.