Industrial Engineering Heritage Day Celebration – 30 September 2025
- September 24th became a South African holiday in 1995, marked by Archbishop Desmond Tutu coining the lasting moniker "Rainbow Nation" to celebrate its diverse heritage.
The 24th of September was recognised for the first time in 1995 as a national holiday in SA, and at the first nationwide recognition and indeed celebration of all peoples heritage, then Archbishop Desmond Tutu Coined the phrase ‘Rainbow Nation’ to describe the country he saw before him. And for the past three decades it has been a moniker synonymous with South Africa.
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