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The programme spans events such as art exhibitions, theatre, music, symposiums and a

special event in Westminster Abbey. You can find the year’s calendar on www.sa2024.org
where all of the national events are listed, which are open to the public or to which tickets
can be reserved.

We are indebted to the convening group, chaired by Lord Peter Hain, to help bring

people together during this special year.

To find out more about how to join ‘Friends of SA2024’,

contact Tricia Sibbons 07487 511137
email: tricia.sibbons@actsa.com

Other information available on www.sa2024.org

EXHIBITION
Opening on 23 April – 6 May 2024 in London (then touring), the exhibition ‘All

Shall Be Afforded Dignity’ celebrates 30 years of democracy in South Africa and
offers a chance to reflect on the enduring question of ‘dignity for all’ in South Africa

and beyond. People across the world and particularly people in or from the global
South, continue to be impacted by the denial of inherent rights, long recognised by
signatories to the United Nations charter, established 75 years ago, but too often we

see such rights ignored.

The work on display is organised around the work created by artist Norman Kaplan

in 1996 in response to a call for art to respond to the ‘home’ of the Constitution of
newly democratic South Africa. His lino-cut, All shall Be Afforded Dignity, was awarded

the first prize honour to be engraved and permanently displayed in the South African
Constitutional Court. Kaplan’s pre and post-apartheid prints serve as potent reflections
accentuating the shared, collective humanity foundational to a democratic South Africa.

For general information, images for press use etc:

www.uk-sa2024.org is the website convened by the co-ordinating UK registered
charities ACTSA and The Liliesleaf Trust UK’s Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre for the

special year of commemoration.

Action for Southern Africa together with Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre of Memory and

Learning, are delighted to co-present this exhibition in the UK, together with the support
of the South African High Commission to Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the

University of East Anglia and St Martin in the Fields.

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