Inter Press ServiceSA's Africa Day Awareness Lagging Behind https://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/sas-africa-day-awareness-lagging-behind/ News and Views from the Global South Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:46:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 SA’s Africa Day Awareness Lagging Behind https://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/sas-africa-day-awareness-lagging-behind/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/sas-africa-day-awareness-lagging-behind/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:04 +0000 Siphosethu Stuurman http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=119126

South Africa is a country rich in culture and diversity but its Africa Day awareness seems to be lagging behind.

By Siphosethu Stuurman
May 22 2013 (IPS)

As the continent prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on Africa Day, 25th of May, IPS Africa speaks to ordinary South Africans to hear how they plan to celebrate this important day.

However the responses we received were rather disappointing.

Africa Day is an annual commemoration of the historic 1963 meeting of leaders of 32 independent African states to form the OAU, now simply known as African Union (AU).

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