TUESDAY, 12.00NOON:
THE Cabinet is set to discuss a series of proposed “legacy projects” intended to redress the portrayal of South Africa’s history, with a Freedom Park as the flagship project.
The Freedom Park will focus on the themes of democracy, nation-building and the liberation struggle, and will house monuments, museums and galleries to the victims of apartheid, the liberation struggle, and the role of South African youth in the move to democracy.
Other proposed projects are a museum in Umtata, Eastern Cape, documenting President Nelson Mandela’s life, a memorial to former Mozambican president Samora Machel at Mbuzini in Mpumalanga, where he was killed in a plane crash, a women’s memorial at the Union Buildings — site of the 1955 women’s march. Also under consideration is a memorial to former African National Congress president and Nobel peace prize winner Albert Luthuli, and additions to the monument at Blood River which will expand on the Zulu experience of the famous battle.
Proposals were last week reviewed by the Arts and Culture, Science and Technology Department, in consultation with provincial MECs, before being forwarded to Cabinet.
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