How much significance could there be
In Heritage Day for you and me

What is the footprint of our race
What is the origin that we face

Was there a ruler, king or chief
Who had a reign, however brief

What was our historical background
Where exactly can it be found

Our ancestral lineage never provided
A people so diverse and divided

Traditions and customs adopted from others
Who are we my sisters and brothers

Hottentot, Bushmen or Koi-san
This is where it's said we come from

None of them were able to stand
For their acres or their land

A people always caught in between
A racial divide or so it may seem

So this year on Heritage Day
Let the past be what it may

It won't determine what we decide
We're moving forward with absolute pride

As a people let us chose
An uncertain pass is just no excuse

This is what we witness now
We will not answer to Amalawu

The genetic joining of black and white
Created a culture, that just might

Set the pace for all to see
Discarding the past, sets us free

In a Constitutional dispensation
Free from divide and demarcation

Building future success and prestige
Is how we honour our heritage.

By
Crystal Koen