Gamagara local municipality’s officials and councillors celebrated Heritage Day on Thursday 20 September 2018.

Heritage Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 24 September. On this day, South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people.

At the municipality’s event, the Speaker Councillor Dineo Seetile opened and welcomed all officials and stakeholders.

The Mayor Councillor Edwin Hantise then addressed the officials, saying that it is very important to celebrate Heritage Day in order to gain knowledge about our cultural history as Africans.

Participating departments represented different cultures, yet united as one family.

Different local stakeholders were invited to judge the participating departments, ie Mr Joseph Kente, Mrs Dineo Kolberg and Ms Portia, based on the following criteria :  The history and background of the culture, decorations, dance, poetry and food.

The Finance Department, who portrayed the Indian culture, was crowned the winner of the competition.

The municipality hopes to extend the competition to local stakeholders in 2019.

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