CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrated their “Freedom Day” on Saturday, commemorating their country’s pivotal first democratic election on April 27, 1994, that announced the ...

Freedom Day in South Africa is an annual public celebration marked on the 27th of April every year. On this day in 1994, the country held its first democratic elections, and for the first time ...

South Africa's Freedom Day is a celebration of the end of the apartheid that oppressed Black voters in their own country for years. April 27 marks South Africa’s 30th anniversary of “Freedom ...

"South Africa today is an infinitely better place than it was 30 years ago," Ramaphosa said in a speech marking "Freedom Day" at the Union Buildings, the seat of government, in Pretoria.

Armoured military vehicles drove past our home several times a day ... Freedom Charter was signed - the document drafted by those fighting apartheid that set out the vision of a democratic South ...

Much like America's Fourth of July celebrates the birth of American independence, South Africa’s Freedom Day is a celebration of the country’s first democratic election. Held on April 27,1994 ...

The ceremony was hosted by the South African Ambassador Vika Mazwi Khumalo and ambassadors and heads of accredited diplomatic missions in Tehran and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic ...

As we reflect on Freedom Day, it is clear that there is still much work to be done to achieve the vision of a truly free and equal society in South Africa. It is imperative that the government and ...

Current South African President Cyril Ramaphosa — a protege of Mandela — will lead Saturday's 30th anniversary Freedom Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of government.

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