Ramaphosa to address Armed Forces Day in Cape Town
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the Armed Forces Day celebrations at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on Sunday.
Ramaphosa will start the event by laying a wreath at the Mendi Memorial, and then observe a flypast of the South African Air Force, before delivering his keynote address.
"Armed Forces Day is held annually on 21 February to commemorate the sinking of the SS Mendi steamship on 21 February 1917,” says the Presidency’s Tyrone Seale.
"The sinking of the SS Mendi is deemed one of South Africa’s worst tragedies of the First World War.
"A total of 616 black South African troops died when the SS Mendi steamship sank on its way to France.
"Armed Forces Day seeks to expand public understanding of the role of the SANDF in the life of the nation."
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