Human Rights Day 2026

Every year, as summer slowly softens into autumn and the golden light of March settles across South Africa, the country pauses. March is Human Rights Month in our country, a time when the nation reflects on the long and difficult road to freedom, dignity, and equality. Most people take a day off on Human Rights Day, 21 March, a public holiday commemorating how far we have all travelled as a nation.

Here at Seaside Cottages in Fish Hoek, we make time to remember, to tell the stories and to be gracious. Let's go back nearly seven decades ago ...