Since 1994, 21 March has been declared a public holiday under the name Human Rights Day. It is in remembrance of the Sharpeville Massacre of in 1960.
The official Human Rights day celebration will be held at Embekweni Township Hall in Paarl.
Some other events (that might not necessarily have to do with Human Rights Day) happening today:
Johnny Clegg will be performing at Vergelegen Wine Farm in Somerset West at 7pm.
The West Coast town of Darling will be hosting a Human Rights Day Box Cart Race.
The Springbok Nude Girls will be performing at The Assembly in Cape Town as well as Fokofpolisiekar and Jackal and Wolf.
The Cape Town Festival will be taking place from today, through the weekend, at the Company's Gardens, Cape Town.
Goldfish will be performing at Spier in Stellenbosch.
Woodstock Academy of Music official launch party will take place in Albert Road, Woodstock.
Shadowclub will be performing at Bohemia in Stellenbosch.
As part of Cape Town's Human Rights Day celebrations, an official street renaming ceremony will be taking place at the CTICC.
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Saturday, 23 March is the day Earth Hour 2013 will be taking place. Uniting People to Save the Planet, please switch off all your lights, TVs and other electrical appliances between 20:30 & 21:30. A small change can make a big difference!
The official Human Rights day celebration will be held at Embekweni Township Hall in Paarl.
Some other events (that might not necessarily have to do with Human Rights Day) happening today:
Johnny Clegg will be performing at Vergelegen Wine Farm in Somerset West at 7pm.
The West Coast town of Darling will be hosting a Human Rights Day Box Cart Race.
The Springbok Nude Girls will be performing at The Assembly in Cape Town as well as Fokofpolisiekar and Jackal and Wolf.
The Cape Town Festival will be taking place from today, through the weekend, at the Company's Gardens, Cape Town.
Goldfish will be performing at Spier in Stellenbosch.
Woodstock Academy of Music official launch party will take place in Albert Road, Woodstock.
Shadowclub will be performing at Bohemia in Stellenbosch.
As part of Cape Town's Human Rights Day celebrations, an official street renaming ceremony will be taking place at the CTICC.
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Saturday, 23 March is the day Earth Hour 2013 will be taking place. Uniting People to Save the Planet, please switch off all your lights, TVs and other electrical appliances between 20:30 & 21:30. A small change can make a big difference!
"Earth Hour is the single, largest, symbolic mass participation event in the world. Born out of a hope that we could mobilize people to take action on climate change, Earth Hour now inspires a global community of millions of people in 7,001 cities and towns across 152 countries and territories to switch lights off for an hour as a massive show of concern for the environment."
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