ANC says it worked hard to reverse the damaging legacy of apartheid through legislation
ANC Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the journey toward building a united and democratic nation came at a heavy cost, including the loss of life.
ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri. Picture: X/MYANC
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) said that it has worked to reverse the damaging legacy of apartheid through legislation since the dawn of democracy.
Marking 31 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, the party said that it made significant progress in improving lives, from universal healthcare and access to education, to language equality and land redistribution.
ANC Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said that he journey toward building a united and democratic nation came at a heavy cost, including the loss of life.
She said that those sacrifices paved the way for peaceful negotiations, inspired by the Harare Declaration, and ultimately led to the birth of South Africa’s democracy.
"On this day, 27 April 1994, South Africa witnessed a democratic breakthrough. Standing before the nation to the envy of the international community comrade Nelson Mandela the first president of the democratic South Africa, said I quote, 'the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. "