December 16, 2009 – SA Day of Reconciliation

December 16th, 2009 by Sue Meyers

Today is the Day of Reconciliation, a public holiday in SA and a day to foster reconciliation and national unity.  The holiday began in 1994 after the end of Apartheid.  Before 1994 December 16th was called the “Day of the Vow” or “Dingaan Day” which commemorated The Afrikaner victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1836.  December 16th is also the anniversary of the 1961 founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed military wing of the African National Congress (ANC).

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