Freedom Day

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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.

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?"

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.

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?

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.

April will therefore reverberate in the history of the nation and some of these African countries, writes GCIS Director-General, and South African ...

The country requires all of us to work together to make our country and continent better. The South African government has made strong inroads into correcting the imbalances of the past and has worked to ensure an equal society with equal opportunities across all areas. As we celebrate, let us remind ourselves that the history and economic prosperity of South Africa is also anchored by the thousands of men who migrated from the neighbouring countries to work in the mines. A considerable number of them subsequently married and built families here in South Africa. As such, South Africa is supposed to be a multicultural society that promotes interaction among people of different backgrounds. While we accept there has been missteps along the way, no one can dispute that millions of people across the country have houses, running water, sanitation and electricity. However, as we gear up to celebrate the birth of our democracy and freedom, a dark cloud hangs over our nation. Most people in South Africa endured the nightmare of the apartheid system. South Africa was one of the last countries to gain its freedom from the apartheid regime on 27 April 1994. The then OAU had resolved to support the freedom fighters still in the trenches fighting their respective colonial powers. South Africa celebrates its freedom and constitutional democracy ushered in by the first non-racial, democratic elections held on 27 April 1994. It was a time of immense pain and suffering, and many activists were forced to go into exile in neighbouring countries or abroad. When the African leaders formed the Organisation of African Union (OAU) in 1963 (now called the African Union), their vision was solid in driving an agenda of removing the shackles of bondage in our continent.