Editing Day of Reconciliation (section)

=== Day of Reconciliation ===
[[Image:Desmond Tutu 2013-10-23 001.jpg|125px|thumb|right|[[Desmond Tutu]] spoke about the purpose of the holiday in 1995.]]
When Apartheid ended, it was decided to keep 16 December as a public holiday, but to infuse it "with the purpose of fostering reconciliation and national unity."<ref name=":2" /> It was established by the government in 1994.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sagolla|first=Lisa Jo|date=11 November 2010|title=Collaborating Across Cultures|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=55463119&site=ehost-live|journal=Back Stage|volume=51|issue=45|page=6|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> [[Nelson Mandela]] was part of the group of politicians that helped start the idea for the holiday.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sapeople.com/2014/12/16/south-africa-day-of-reconciliation-16-december/|title=Former Battleground Provides Perfect Setting for Day of Reconciliation|date=16 December 2014|work=SA People News|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref> On 16 December 1995, the first celebration took place.<ref name=":0" /> The first meeting of the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)|South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] also took place on 16 December 1995.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4H1Zf2P6tyMC&q=%22reconciliation%20day%22%20south%20africa&pg=PA276|title=Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground|last1=Daly|first1=Erin|last2=Sarkin|first2=Jeremy|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=2007|isbn=9780812239768|location=Philadelphia|pages=276}}</ref> In an address in 1995, Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] described the holiday as serving the need of healing the wounds of Apartheid.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNFvbQzITxcC&q=%22day%20of%20reconciliation%22%20%22south%20africa%22&pg=PA14|title=The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State|last=Wilson|first=Richard A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2001|isbn=0521001943|location=Cambridge|pages=14}}</ref>

The holiday is also used to celebrate minority cultural groups in South Africa, such as the [[San people]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/c06405004af6af97ab6bbf2f1282c98c/SAundefinedcelebratesundefinedReconciliationundefinedDay-20151612|title=SA Celebrates Reconciliation Day|date=16 December 2015|work=SABC|access-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026165754/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/c06405004af6af97ab6bbf2f1282c98c/SAundefinedcelebratesundefinedReconciliationundefinedDay-20151612|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> South African President, [[Jacob Zuma]], in 2009, also stressed that the holiday was meant to also promote "non-sexism".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=7EH30689210&site=ehost-live|title=Thousands Celebrate Day of Unity|date=17 December 2009|work=The Times|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 October 2016|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>