Human Rights Day: provincial commemoration• Date: 20 March 2014• Venue: Ngangelizwe (Mthatha) • Contact Person: Communication • Contact Number: 040-6080041 • Email: tduplessis@ecleg.gov.za • Admission Fee: None South Africa's Human Rights Day, 21 March - declared International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by the United Nations - is synonymous with the historic event that unfolded in Sharpeville on 21 March 1960 when the police mowed down 69 unarmed people and injured 180 who refused to carry the dompas identity document. The provincial commemoration of Human Rights Day will take place on Thursday, 20 March, at Ngangelizwe in Mthatha. The event is being coordinated by the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. |
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| Source: Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | Web: http://www.eclegislature.gov.za/ |