32 years of freedom: What is there to celebrate?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Freedom Day speech in Bloemfontein on Monday was meant to remind South Africans of the triumph of 27 April, 1994 – the day the country emerged from the ashes of apartheid and entered democracy.
It was a speech rich in symbolism, historical memory and constitutional pride. But outside the ceremony, a harder and more uncomfortable question lingers: after 32 years of freedom, what exactly are South Africans being asked to celebrate?
There is no doubt
It was a speech rich in symbolism, historical memory and constitutional pride. But outside the ceremony, a harder and more uncomfortable question lingers: after 32 years of freedom, what exactly are South Africans being asked to celebrate?
There is no doubt
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