South Africa Freedom Day

On Tuesday April 27th, Mrs Stone, Mr Maurice and the Year 8 Young Language leaders travelled up to London to take part in the South African Freedom Day celebrations which celebrated the 10th anniversary of democracy in South Africa.

The event was held in Trafalgar Square and with the huge crowd cheering and applauding the group were invited up on the stage which had been built under Nelson's column. Carrie and David Grant from Fame Academy were the comperes and they interviewed Jamal Al – Sheiky about the differences between our link school in South Africa and Highcliffe School.

In the afternoon, the group made use of their back stage passes and stood at the side of the stage with Carrie and David. They watched the entertainment and heard the speeches from Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, The Right Honourable Frank Dobson, MP, Her Excellency The High Commissioner of Africa, Lindiwe Mabuza and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Mrs Stone then managed to persuade the bodyguards to allow photographs of the Highcliffe group with Desmond Tutu.

After saying farewell to the Grants, who wished the group a safe journey, the group picked up their possessions from the South African High Commission building which had been their base for the day and walked to Waterloo in a thunder storm to catch the train back to Highcliffe at the end of a long but memorable day.