Courtesy of SAKorNet

By Jon Dunbar

South Africa's Heritage Day on Sept. 24 will be celebrated a week early, with a picnic on Sept. 17 co-organized by the South African Chamber of Commerce (Safcham) Korea, the South Africans in Korea Network (SAKorNet) and the South African Embassy.

This year's picnic will start at noon at Nodeul Island in Seoul. Picnic sets from Pie Republic may still be available for pre-order before Thursday. The South African shop Lekker Saffa Spaza is also offering snack packs filled with treats available back home.

An after party will be held later that night in The Workshop, a pub in Seoul's Haebangchon area.

The annual holiday celebrates the heritage of South Africans of all backgrounds. Since 2005, a media campaign has been rebranding the holiday as National Braai Day, in recognition of the country's culinary tradition which brings all South Africans together.

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