Freedom Park - News and Media Releases

Media Release: 10th Annual Commemoration Reconciliation Peace Walk

: News; 22 November 2023; Hits: 54

Freedom Park in partnership with the South African Gallery of Legends, the Ronnie Mamoepa Foundation, Eye Nkosi Empire and Dandozest will on 2 December 2023, host the Annual Reconciliation Peace Walk.

MEDIA RELEASE: INAUGURAL MASERU MASSACRES LECTURE

: News; 20 November 2023; Hits: 59

In its continued efforts to preserve, protect and promote the country’s liberation heritage, the National Heritage Council (NHC) together with Freedom Park have partnered with the Le Rona Re Batho Memorial Trust to host the inaugural Maseru Massacres Memorial Lecture - in commemoration and honour of the victims and survivors of the 1982 and 1985 Maseru Massacres.

MEDIA ALERT: Free Pass for Women, on National Women’s Day, 9 August, at Freedom Park, Pretoria.

: News; 08 August 2023; Hits: 228

Freedom Park, a National Heritage Site in Pretoria, allows women to enter free of charge on National Women’s Day, 9^th August; in commemoration of the heroic 1956 women’s March, to the Union Buildings. The women were protesting the discriminatory and repressive pass laws of the apartheid government. The more than 20 000 women protesters, from different walks of life, have left an indelible mark in the struggle for gender equality and human rights. Freedom Park together with government, salute the bravery and the determination of the 1956 women, who led the historic march under the theme: “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities for the empowerment of women”.

PRESS RELEASE: 67 LEARNERS, 33 MENTORS AND 67 MINUTES OF MENTORSHIP IN COMMEMORATION OF MANDELA DAY.

: News; 20 July 2023; Hits: 150

Nzalo Careers is partnering with Freedom Park for the Nzalo Mentorship Programme, In commemoration of Mandela day. Nzalo Careers targets 67 learners (under graduates and high school learners) and 33 Professionals from different fields of work.