Freedom Day

2022 - 4 - 26

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Ramaphosa in Middelburg to lead South Africa's Freedom Day ... (Eyewitness News)

It also signalled the fall of the apartheid government and gave rise to the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela. Several political parties will be ...

Freedom Day, as its popularly known, commemorates the first democratic elections in the country. Freedom Day, as it is popularly known, commemorates the first democratic elections in the country.

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Are we free? SA youth question Freedom Day celebration (CapeTalk)

As South Africa commemorates 28 years since the country's first democratic elections, many citizens question whether it is a day to celebrate as many do not ...

"I see it as an international thing. "I'm off to work. If we're free, what did we exchange it with?"

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What does Freedom Day mean in 2022 - we ask young people to ... (The Daily Vox)

April 27 2022 marks 28 years since the first democratic elections took place. In 1994, all South Africans over the age of 18 got the right to vote.

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Long list of unfinished business mars South Africa's Freedom Day (SowetanLIVE)

With surging socioeconomic disparities, the anniversary of the country's democracy makes this question apposite. In other words, is this day still worthy of ...

Of critical importance for the meaningfulness of the day are the democratic dividends which should spawn a good society. The process of establishing a democratic system in South Africa involved establishing political and governance systems based on the supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law, where equality became one of the organising principles of the post-apartheid society. Eighty percent of the country’s wealth continues to be owned by only 10% of the population. And the days that mark its anniversary often create incendiary moments where the grimace of discontent – particularly on the faces of those who are in the margins of society – finds expression. Surging socioeconomic disparities affront the very notion of a good society. In other words, is this day still worthy of commemoration?

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Little to celebrate on Freedom Day: Cope, DA (Jacaranda FM)

South Africa celebrates 28 years of democracy on Wednesday amid renewed questions around the gains made by the country since 1994.

"We have to focus on job creation and getting the economy moving. We need to make sure that we are a caring government and we need to do better as a country.” "When millions of Black and White South Africans streamed to the voting stations in 1994 to exercise their democratic right to vote for a better life, they never knew that they were voting for hyenas and thieves," says the party’s spokesperson Dennis Bloem.

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