08-11-2012: City of Joburg hosts the Annual National Civic Remembrance Sunday
Tribute will be paid to the fallen military veterans during the annual National Civic Remembrance Sunday Service to be held on Sunday, 11 November 2012, at the Cenotaph in Harrison Street, Johannesburg. The focus this year is about “Recognizing the Struggle for Democracy and Freedom”.
The National Remembrance Service honours all South Africans who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in wars and conflict, including the struggle for democracy. The commemoration in Johannesburg is the largest of its kind in South Africa, and links with Remembrance Day events held in many cities around the world.
The event will open with a march-past the Cenotaph in Harrison Street, and will feature military veterans’ organisations and military bands, supported by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), together with hundreds of civic marchers in the parade. This will be followed by an inter-faith religious service to be led by the Chaplain General of the SANDF, Brigadier General Andrew Jamangile.
As part of the Service, wreaths will be laid by senior SANDF officers, diplomats, civic dignitaries, a large variety of military veteran organisations, and youth groups. The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Clr. Parks Tau, will lead the wreath-laying ceremony by laying the first wreath on behalf of the citizens of Johannesburg.
The event will start at 14: 30 and is open to members of the media and the community at large. Loose flowers will be available free of charge for members of the audience to lay in memory of their loved ones who lost lives in wars and conflict, including the struggle for democracy.
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Issued on behalf of the Executive Mayor’s Office City of Johannesburg
Issued by:
Nthatisi Modingoane, Deputy Director
Group Communications Department, Cell: 082 467 9228
