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Government launches Human Rights Month by honouring Charlotte Maxeke

The government launched Human Rights Month last week by commemorating struggle stalwart, Charlotte Maxeke, who has been incorporated into the theme for the month of March 2021.  

The government took to Twitter on Friday, 5 March 2021, to circulate a statement detailing the sentiments of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, and Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, who launched Human Rights Month.

The ministers were present at the renaming of the East London Airport, which is now King Phalo Airport. In light of the name changes that are taking place in South Africa, Human Rights Month has been themed “The Year of Charlotte Maxeke: Promoting Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19.”

Mthethwa was quoted as saying, “Transforming the country’s heritage landscape is part of government’s efforts to restore human rights.” Lamola, on the other hand, was quoted as saying, “As we launch the Human Rights Month 2021, let every citizen be concerned about entrenching human rights in the country. Let each of us say as long there are still those rights are violated and undermined, the struggle continues.”

See the post below.

Sabelo Makhubo
s.makhubo@politicalanalysis.co.za