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January 26, 2021
The thirty fourth (34th) Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 February 2021 will hold under the theme: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”. This theme of the year will be presented during the upcoming African Union Summit, by the lead Department of Social Affairs at the AUC. However, it is worth noting that, Africa is universally recognised for its rich arts and cultural diversity given that, African cultural heritage springs from different communities all over Africa. Therefore, cultural heritage, which is seen as an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values, will for the next twelve months, be at the centre of discussion in most events organised by the African Union.
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OSISA’s investments into promoting Access to Information across southern Africa. #IDUAI
The struggle for the right to access to information in the region has been long and tedious. This, despite the fact that regional and international instruments, including Goal 16.10 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to which many countries are state party, recognise the centrality of this right as a catalyst for human development.
The Carter Centre aptly sums up why the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has, since 2016, set aside September 28 as a universal day to annually commemorate the right to information. The Carter Centre contends: “Allowing people to seek and receive public documents serves as a critical tool for fighting corruption, enabling citizens to fully participate in public life, making governments more efficient, encouraging investment, and helping persons