Major anniversaries celebrated this year

The government says celebrations of major anniversaries taking place in the country this year will not only mark but also honour the icons of the country’s liberation struggle. The Inter-Ministerial Committee led by Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan says the celebrations include the centenary of the Bhambatha Rebellion against poll tax, the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Ghandi’s introduction of the non-violence and passive resistance campaign known as Satyagraha, the 50th anniversary of the Treason Trial, the 20th anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel in Mpumalanga, the 30th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising and the 10th anniversary of the SA Constitution.