Heritage Day in South Africa
Heritage Day in South Africa is held on September 24. Since 1995. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual. 
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Africans make up 79% of South Africa's population, 9% are coloured, 9% are white, while Indians / Asians account for 2.5%, and 0.5% classify themselves as “other”. Heritage Day is unofficially known in South Africa as Braai Day or National Braai Day.
In an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our new nation."
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Grandparents Day in South Africa on October 6 (First Sunday in October);
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Day of Solidarity with the Political Prisoners of South Africa on October 11
African Penguin Awareness Day on October 13 (All 17 species of penguins live in the southern hemisphere, but only three species live year-round in Antarctica);
National Case Manager Week in South Africa on October 14
School Health Week and National Obesity Week in South Africa on October 15
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