Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation will demonstrate its commitment to Heritage Month by hosting its inaugural oral history conference on Friday.
Throughout Heritage Month, the department has put Gauteng's struggle heroes and heroines' contributions to the liberation of South Africa on the map.
Some of the department's initiatives are the Pale Ya Rona Carnival, Heritage Day Celebrations, the Liberation Struggle Heritage Route and Heritage Sites.
The Oral History Conference is a provincial conference that was conceptualised by the provincial department to address the issues around the history and memory of the liberation struggle.
The conference fits squarely into this year's Heritage Month theme, which is "Celebrating the heroes and heroines of the liberation struggle."
The department will also use it to contribute to the field of public memory and heritage through efficiently organised programmes and projects.
The department's Oral History Conference will bridge the gap between the public and the research work and publications in libraries that are not easily accessible.
The conference is an essential part of South Africa and Gauteng's heritage, as it aims to explore ways of recording and preserving the history of the liberation struggle and the pivotal role that oral history has to play. - BuaNews
