Pretoria – Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi will officiate the unveiling of the tombstone of the late liberation struggle heroine, Josephine Moshobane, at the Ekhaya Centre in Diepkloof on Friday.
Moshobane was detained by the apartheid security police during the winter holidays of 1985 when she was still a student. When she was released from prison, she had suffered injuries to her brain and as a result, passed away at Leratong Hospital.
“The event is part of the broader Department of Arts and Culture’s programme on the Liberation Heritage Route to celebrate unsung heroes and heroines of the struggle against apartheid,” the department said.
The unveiling of the tombstone also forms part of Reconciliation Month activities.
This year’s Reconciliation Month takes place under the theme ‘Bridging the divide: Building a common South African nationhood towards a national developmental state’.
“The theme enjoins citizens to unite in a sense of belonging and pride and also reminds us that we should strengthen relations with fellow South Africans and those who reside in the country, build a future where we all live together in harmony and embrace the common ties that binds us rather than focus on that which divides us as a nation,” said the Department of Arts and Culture. – SAnews.gov.za
