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2024 COMMEMORATING

SOUTH AFRICA’S 30TH YEAR

SINCE LIBERATION FROM

APARTHEID

‘All Shall Be Afforded Dignity’ is the theme of the UK-SA commemorative programme

marking 30 years since the campaign to overthrow apartheid ended and a
democratically elected government was installed in 1994, led by Nelson Mandela.

“The aim of the 30th anniversary programme in the UK, said Kingsley

Mamabolo, South African High Commissioner to the UK, ‘is to allow
us to reflect, explore and re-engage with the spirit of 1994. The road to
1994 was long, painful, but travelled in solidarity. In 2024, we can reflect

on the lessons we learned and review how we can continue together to
build the South Africa and the world we all want to see. I am excited
that the year opens with an exhibition of art by Norman Kaplan, artist
and activist who lived in the UK in exile, among so many other South
Africans, and who returned to South Africa when it was possible to do

so. His works enable us to realise the power of art to inspire action, build
solidarity, and to call to account injustices wherever they are found.”

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