heritage status sought
IT WOULD be appropriate in this 120th year of the Phoenix Settlement for all South Africans to reflect on the history of Phoenix Settlement and the ideals on which it was based. It was a group of African American academics who visited Phoenix and took upon themselves the task of having this site declared a Unesco world heritage site.
The struggle to attain this continues.
Significantly for South Africa, Phoenix Settlement was based on a system of ideas, which are encapsulated in our Constitution, in the Bill of Rights and our Freedom Charter.
The ideal of selfless service
