Day of Reconciliation

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South African public holiday public holiday

The Day of Reconciliation is a South African public holiday observed on 16 December to promote national unity and healing in the post-apartheid era.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Day of Reconciliation canonical 6
Day of Reconciliation (South Africa) 3
Day of Accord and Reconciliation 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African public holiday ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
aimsToAddress legacy of apartheid ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
surface form: Reconciliation Day
associatedWith South African national identity ⓘ
post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar
celebratedWith community gatherings ⓘ
cultural performances ⓘ
political speeches ⓘ
public events ⓘ
commemorates efforts toward reconciliation in South Africa ⓘ
transition to democracy in South Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dateObserved 16 December ⓘ
dayOfYear 16 December ⓘ
establishedInPeriod post-apartheid era ⓘ
focusesOn forgiveness and mutual understanding ⓘ
unity among different racial and ethnic groups in South Africa ⓘ
follows end of apartheid ⓘ
hasJurisdiction South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Africa
hasLegalStatus public holiday in South Africa ⓘ
hasTheme healing historical divisions ⓘ
national unity ⓘ
racial reconciliation ⓘ
social cohesion ⓘ
hasType national holiday ⓘ
isPartOf South African public holidays ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
observedBy citizens of South Africa ⓘ
Government of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: government of South Africa
purpose promote healing in the post-apartheid era ⓘ
promote national unity ⓘ
promote reconciliation ⓘ
recurrence annual ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa → nationalHoliday → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
Heritage Day → relatedTo → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
Day of Reconciliation → alsoKnownAs → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reconciliation Day
Battle of Blood River → modernHolidayName → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
Day of the Vow → originalName → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dingaan’s Day
Day of the Vow → successorHoliday → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
December → containsHoliday → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
Public holidays in South Africa → includesHoliday → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
Freedom Day (South Africa) → relatedTo → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
Blood River → commemoratedOn → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
National Unity Day → replaces → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Accord and Reconciliation
Ncome River → hasReligiousOrCommemorativeDay → Day of Reconciliation ⓘ