Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe is representing President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Freedom Day national celebration currently underway in Ermelo, Mpumalanga.

Annually, on 27 April, South Africa commemorates Freedom Day; a day in honour of the first democratic elections held in 1994. While many will remember the long, snaking lines, the excitement and ...

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This year’s Freedom Day is the first following the formation of South Africa’s first-ever national coalition government, replacing the African National Congress (ANC)’s 30-year grip on power.

COMMENT. With the passing of each year in what we are told is a new South Africa, the term “born free” seems to have lost its power. I felt this loss of potency on April 27, as Freedom Day ...