Southern Africa Liberation Day
Southern Africa Liberation Day is held on March 23. This event in the third decade of the month March is annual. 
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The Southern Africa Liberation Day is a special date in the calendar of the SADC region (The Southern African Development Community) as it marks one of the major turning points in the history of Southern Africa`s struggle against colonial rule and apartheid.
The small town of Cuito Cuanavale in the province of Cuando Cubango in southern Angola was the epicentre of one the fiercest conventional battles of African history after the Second World War.
From November 1987 to March 1988, thousands of combatants from the People’s Liberation Armed Forces supported by the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia and the Cuban Revolutionary Forces fought to defend the country and defeated the armed forces of the Apartheid regime of South Africa.
23 March is therefore the date selected by the 16 Member States of the Southern African Development Community to commemorate Southern Africa Liberation Day. The date marks the last battle in southern Angola, at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988. The first celebration was held on 23 March 2019 at Cuito Cuanavale, where a museum has been established and military hardware remains.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Saint Joseph's Day or Father's Day on March 19 (in Andorra, Angola, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Honduras, and Bolivia);
Victory Day in Angola on March 27
Peace Day in Angola on April 4 (The date commemorates the end of the nearly 30-year-long Angolan Civil War);
Youth Day in Angola on April 14
Lubango Festival in Angola on August 1
Heroes' Day in Angola on September 17 (is also the birthday of Antonio Neto, Angola’s premier “founding father”);
Angola Armed Forces Day on October 9
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