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Founders Day (South Africa)
Former public holiday in South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founders Day (Afrikaans: Stigtingsdag) or Van Riebeeck's Day was a formal public holiday of the Union of South Africa and the Republic of South Africa until 1994.
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