Reasons to Celebrate Our History on Heritage Day
As South Africans, we are lucky to live in a truly rainbow nation. This term, which refers to our country’s multicultural diversity and heritage, was coined by the former Archbishop, Desmond Tutu. About Heritage Day Heritage Day was first observed in 1996 as a celebration of the newly formed democracy. Nelson Mandela shared, “When our first democratically elected government decided to make it one of our national days, we did