{"id":237901,"date":"2022-09-22T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/president-ramaphosa-to-officiate-national-heritage-day-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:17:28","slug":"president-ramaphosa-to-officiate-national-heritage-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/president-ramaphosa-to-officiate-national-heritage-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ramaphosa to officiate national Heritage Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday deliver the keynote address during the National Heritage Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.<\/p>\n

The President will lead the nation in celebrating South Africa\u2019s indigenous music and its immense contribution to sports, arts, culture and heritage.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s national celebrations will be held under the theme \u201cCelebrating the Legacy of Solomon Linda and South Africa\u2019s Indigenous Music\u201d.<\/p>\n

The annual event embraces the vast cultural diversity and history that distinctively marks the country\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme pays tribute to the 60th anniversary of the passing of singer and songwriter Solomon Popoli Linda.<\/p>\n

He is best known as the composer of the song, \u201cMbube\u201d, which later became the popular music success \u201cThe Lion Sleeps Tonight\u201d and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a capella music.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday, The Presidency said that Heritage Month 2022 focuses on South Africa\u2019s indigenous music with a spotlight on isicathamiya music and its immense contribution to sport, arts, culture and heritage, especially for emigrant communities in hostels, townships and peri-urban areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also presents an opportunity to commemorate the centenaries of our late resistance and liberation struggle icons, and honour their contributions towards a free and democratic South Africa,\u201d the Presidency said.<\/p>\n

As part of this years\u2019 Heritage Month programme, the Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture unveiled five Legends and Living Human Treasures\u2019 publications in honour of the late legendary poet, Don Mattera; the living legends and music icons, Abigail Kubeka, Letta Mbulu, and Caiphus Semenya, and iconic photojournalist Peter Magubane.<\/p>\n

Throughout Heritage Month, government departments, entities and civil society groups are hosting various activities across the country to celebrate South Africa\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africans are encouraged to take pride in celebrating and appreciating the country\u2019s indigenous music and our heritage as a vehicle towards social cohesion and nation building,\u2019 the Presidency said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of President Ramaphosa\u2019s keynote address, a carnival procession featuring colourful and flamboyant dance will move from the Union Buildings to Burgers Park in Tshwane.<\/p>\n

The carnival float will be an expression of the nation\u2019s diverse origins, traditions and rich tangible and intangible heritage. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday deliver the keynote address during the National Heritage Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Tshwane. The President will lead the nation in celebrating South Africa\u2019s indigenous music and its immense contribution to sports, arts, culture and heritage. This year\u2019s national celebrations will be held under the theme \u201cCelebrating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-237901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/president-ramaphosa-to-officiate-national-heritage-day-celebrations.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}