Brand South Africa has lit up Constitution Hill in Braamfontein with South African flag colours in honour of former president Nelson Mandela.
People living near the centre of Johannesburg will be able to witness a unique light show each night until Sunday as Brand South Africa projects the colours of the national flag into the sky from Constitution Hill.
The sky lights were first lit up on Wednesday, and will be lit up daily from 6pm to 2pm until Sunday night, the day of Mandela’s burial at his birthplace in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
Chairperson of Brand SA, Chichi Maponya described Mandela as a man who had courage to fight for democracy.
Maponya says: “As Brand South Africa, we want to thank Madiba for fighting for human rights, he fought against Apartheid. We are paying tribute to him.”
Maponya, who is the daughter of renowned businessman, Dr Richard Maponya confirmed that her father will attend Madiba’s funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
On their Facebook page Constitutional Hill continues to pay tribute to former statesman.
“Madiba first came to this historical place in 1956 and on 10 December in 1996, the Constitution of South Africa was signed into law by South Africa’s then President, the late Nelson Mandela. The final version was symbolically signed in Sharpeville, Vereeniging to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The signing thus represented a move from the horrors of our Apartheid past into an era of transparency and accountability founded upon an unerring respect for human rights.”
Brand South Africa says Constitutional Hill will be lit up until Madiba is buried.
Housed in the cell where Mandela was held prisoner, a permanent exhibition documents the time that he spent both at Robben Island and at the Old Fort.
Entrance to Constitution Hill is free.
