Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Van Schalkwyk: Griqua Centennial Festival
EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY WESTERN CAPE PREMIER, MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK, SPEAKING AT THE GRIQUA CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL, Cape Town, 3 April 2003
To SA and Western Cape
The Provincial Government of the Western Cape is proud to be a part of this festival and this ceremony. Today we celebrate not only the 100-year commemoration of the release of Andrew Le Fleur from captivity; we also recognise and salute the contribution of the Griqua nation to the Western Cape and to South Africa.
In many ways the struggles of the Griqua people have been the struggles of our country. First against colonial oppression and tyranny, then against Apartheid and racial discrimination, and more recently battling the challenges, which have grown as democratic freedoms have taken root in our communities.
Paramount Chief Andrew Abraham Stockenstr
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