South Africa: 100 Years of Nelson Mandela - Promoting & Deepening a Human Rights Culture Across Society

press release

Today, the African National Congress joins the rest of the patriotic and peace loving people of South Africa in observing Human Rights Day under the theme: "100 Years of Nelson Mandela: Promoting and deepening a human rights culture across society".

Every year on this day we remember the tragic events of 1960 that saw 69 South Africans brutally murdered and over 200 injured by the apartheid regime for demonstrating against pass laws.

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