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| 18th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
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11 April - 18 th Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda, Freedom Park, Pretoria
The High Commission of Rwanda in South Africa, in co-operation with Freedom Park and the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre is pleased to invite you to the 18th Commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda.
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| 17th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
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The 17th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide was hosted by the High Commission of Rwanda at UNISA, in Pretoria. JHGC director, Tali Nates delivered the keynote address.
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| 16th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
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 The 16th commemoration of the Rwanda genocide was marked by a ceremony hosted by the Rwandan High Commission, at UNISA.
Dr Charles Mironko, cultural anthropologist, was the keynote speaker at the commemoration.
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15th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
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 On 7 April 2009, the Johannesburg Holocaust Centre together with the Rwandan Student Survivors of Genocide, South Africa (RSSG-SA) and the South African Union of Jewish students (SAUJS) participated in a 4- hour reading of testimonies of survivors of the Rwandan genocide at the Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg.
Initiated by SURF (Survivors Fund, UK), testimonies were read world-wide, to mark the 15th commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide.
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The Rwandan Ambassador, Mr Eugene Munyakayanza, was amongst the participants reading testimonies together with Rwandan survivors, scholars, students, members of NGO’s and the general public.
Holocaust survivors, Cecelia Boruchowitz, Anna Almelach, Veronica Phillips and Don Krausz joined in the reading of testimonies. |
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The Rwandan ambassador with educators and history learners from St Stithian’s Girl’s College. The learners embark on an artistic form of commemoration by expressing their thoughts and feelings with chalk drawings on the Square.
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