• Rotary
World Peace Symposium 2009
• South
African Freedom Day 2008
• The
Jean Augustine Birthday Brunch 2007 event
•
A Night in Soweto Benefit Gala Featuring the Opera
"The Passion of Winnie"
•
South African Women for Women
10th Anniversary Gala Awards and Dinner - 2006
•
Footprints of Mandela on Robben Island 2006
event
•
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (Canada) 2005 event
•
Harmony Award
Banquet 2005
• Nelson
Mandela Children's Fund (Canada) Tribute Gala, 2004
• South
Africa Celebrates 10 years of Democracy, 2004
• South African Women for Women Annual
Awards, 1997-2004
• Phelophepa
Health Train
Fundraising Gala,
2002
• University
of Western Cape
No Future Without Forgiveness – Gala dinner, 2002
• Toronto
Images and Voices of Hope
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South African Freedom Day 2008
The South African Community in Toronto, in conjunction
with the South African Consulate-General and The Canadian Council
of South Africans (CANCOSA), celebrated the Fourteenth Anniversary
of South Africa’s
democracy on Sunday, April 27th, at the
Sheraton Centre Hotel, Dominion Ballroom at 12:00 noon.
South
Africans are proud to demonstrate to the world, that a collaborative
spirit of forgiveness and nation building has shaped a bright
future for our country and all its people, serving as a wonderful
example
to those striving for a better world. They continue to confront
and solve common and ongoing problems. Their courage in this
regard enables
us to live in harmony and truth irrespective of nationality,
ethnicity, racial, religious and gender background. They have
extended this message
of hope and assertive dignity to people in every corner of the
world.
Against this background, the 2008 South African Freedom day celebrations
focussed on honoring individual members of the South African
community in Toronto, who have consistently demonstrated selfless
commitment to betterment of the circumstances of other South
Africans in Canada as well as the community at large. Their deep
insight
into our country’s painful past, inspired by the miraculous
progress of a liberated South Africa, coupled with the desire
to serve, makes them ambassadors on the world stage.
Honorees
were:
Henry
Blumberg — Humanitarian
Award
Zodwa
Maduna — Humanitarian
Award
Ezrom & Mamsela
Mokgakala — Humanitarian
Award
Lizzy
Mahashe — Performing
Arts Award
Glory
Khumalo — Arts & Culture
Award
Ebrahim
Mollah — Goodwill
Ambassador Award
Bruce
Shapiro — Entrepreneurial
Award
Jag
Pillay — Community
Service Award
Carole
Adriaans — Excellence
Award
This year it is was a special privilege and honor to have as the
Guest Speaker of one of South Africa's promising provincial Legislatures,
the North West Province, The Honourable Thandi Modise. She became
one
of
the first
members of the democratic National Parliament from its inception
in 1994, served in several committees of our National Assembly,
including chairing the portfolio committees of Defence and
the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
The following items are available to view
in a pdf format by clicking on the links below:
To view photographs
of the event, please visit the following links:
Freedom
Day 2008 Album 1
Freedom
Day 2008 Album 2
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