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The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. [1]
Day of Reconciliation, public holiday observed in South Africa on December 16. The holiday originally commemorated the victory of the Voortrekkers (southern Africans of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent who made the Great Trek) over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
Tasked with promoting reconciliation and national unity, South Africa's first non-racial and democratic government aimed to symbolically acknowledge the significance of this date.
On 16 December 1995, for the first time, South Africa celebrated a Day of Reconciliation whereby both the Afrikaner and liberation struggle traditions were acknowledged symbolically to be part of a democratic and equal society.
Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks and Whites. It was first celebrated as the “Dingaans Day” and stood for the triumph of the Voortrekkers against the Zulu army led by Dingaan at the ‘Battle of Blood River’.
On 16 December 1995, the Day of Reconciliation was celebrated as a public holiday in South Africa for the first time. Read much more about the signifigance of 16 December here. References
December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation. First celebrated as ‘Dingane’s Day,’ when the Voortrekkers triumphed against the Zulu army led by Dingane at the Battle of Blood River, it became a powerful instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner ...
South Africa will mark National Reconciliation Day on 16 December 2022 to focus on promoting social cohesion, healing, unity, nation-building, and renewal.
South Africa will mark National Reconciliation Day on 16 December 2020 with a focus on racism and gender-based violence. In South Africa, we not only commemorate Reconciliation Day but also dedicate the entire month of December to reconciliation.
This year marks 25 years since we began observing the National Day of Reconciliation in democratic South Africa. It is a day on which we recall the injustices of our history. It is also a day when we affirm our collective responsibility to build a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.