RC 260924SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Heritage Day coverage centred on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to preserve South Africa’s living heritage while confronting inequality and gender-based violence.
- 12:53
President Cyril Ramaphosa said violence against women is not South African heritage, calling it a national shame and declaring that gender-based violence must end.
- 12:45
Ramaphosa urged South Africans to record, teach and pass on indigenous knowledge and languages, warning that heritage stops being living when generations fail to inherit it.
- 12:51
The president said freedom remains unequal, contrasting safe communities and access to services with poverty, crime, failing municipalities and limited opportunities for young people.
- 12:20
A Heritage Day march against gender-based violence in Cape Town deliberately excluded political colours and demands, focusing instead on mourning, reflection and survivors’ experiences.
- 12:02
A person died and 13 people were injured when a truck carrying Limpopo Public Works Department employees overturned near Nyala Game Reserve after a Heritage Day event.