Mama Madosini, the Queen of Pondoland music, is the greatest living musician who can play the indigenous bow instruments. This Heritage Month is dedicated to Dr Esther Mahlangu, Mama Madosini Latozi Mpahleni and Mama Ouma Katrina Esau.ĭr Mahlangu's paintings inspired by Ndebele design are on display in more than a dozen countries around the world and her work has won numerous awards. There was a problem processing your submission. "Yet as there are those who have passed from this life, we have our Living Human Treasures, our repositories of knowledge, customs and traditions." The President has paid tribute to the "spirited defenders" of the country's heritage who lost their lives this year. "As much as we celebrate our customs and traditions on this day, let us also appreciate that in practising our cultures freely and openly, and in speaking our native languages, we are reclaiming not just our heritage, but our pride and our dignity as South Africans." "We will continue to uphold the rights of all our people to practice their cultures, to speak their languages and practice their traditions."Īlso, government will continue to support every effort to preserve the country's common heritage, as well as those of individual communities.
He said government was determined to continue to strive to eradicate poverty, inequality and underdevelopment.
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"Restoring their dignity is the preoccupation of this administration." He told the nation that the struggle against apartheid was first and foremost aimed at ensuring that all people should reclaim their dignity, black and white.