Freedom day
EWN weekly wrap: New WC education MEC and what freedom means to SA
South Africa celebrated Freedom Day this week and many questioned what this means to a country with so many challenges, while the Western Cape got a new...
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Ramaphosa: Citizens have right to question our freedom but we have come far
On Wednesday, the country marked 28 years since all South Africans were allowed to the vote.
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More young people are losing their faith in democracy, research claims
Professor Joleen Steyn Kotze, a senior research specialist at the HSRC, says people are becoming disillusioned with democracy as a political system rather than as an ideology.
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Eskom a poster child for where things went wrong after new SA's honeymoon period
ETM Analytics' George Glynos reviews South Africa's economic growth over the last 28 years - on The Money Show
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Ramaphosa's Freedom Day message: 'Our people are tired of corruption'
President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, leading government's efforts marking 28 years of freedom in the country.
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Search for missing persons continues in KZN on Freedom Day
It’s been days now and search operations are not giving up as teams are in Ntuzuma, North of Durban, looking for more victims.
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Mothapo: Let's never forget the sacrifices that led to SA’s freedom
On this day 28 years ago, all South Africans voted in the country's first democratic election, which paved the way for a new democratic government.
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Steenhuisen: How do we celebrate Freedom Day when SA is shackled in poverty?
Steenhuisen is visiting the Gqanqu Village - one of the poorest communities in the Eastern Cape.
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'We are not yet where we want to be,' says Ramaphosa on Freedom Day
Ramaphosa delivered the Freedom Day keynote address in Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
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WATCH LIVE: President Ramaphosa's Freedom Day address in Middelburg
President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Middelburg for the official Freedom Day commemoration, where he is delivering the keynote address.
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What is freedom? 'Over the years since '94, economic freedom's failed dismally'
On Freedom Day, Political Science Prof Amanda Gouws, Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University speaks to John Maytham.
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MONDE NDLOVU: Reflecting on the state of freedom in South Africa today
The miracle moment of 1994 was not in itself a complete removal of the impediments of freedom, but rather a bold statement of what is possible beyond the political transition.
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Are we free? SA youth question Freedom Day celebration
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 feel free.
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Ramaphosa in Middelburg to lead South Africa's Freedom Day celebrations
Freedom Day, as it is popularly known, commemorates the first democratic elections in the country.
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Delta surge forces fresh virus restrictions as England embraces 'Freedom Day'
The virus has killed more than four million people since first emerging in China in late 2019, and attempts to halt its spread are being hampered by mutations creating highly contagious variants such as Delta, first seen in India.
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THEMBI SIWEYA: South Africa’s story is not only one of doom and gloom
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya writes that as government learns from its mistakes, it's been looking at how best to ensure that the constitutional requirements of a representative and participatory democracy are implemented better and more firmly.
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Ramaphosa: Municipal polls an opportunity to make your voice heard
Speaking at the Freedom Day celebrations in Botshabelo in the Free State on Tuesday, the president spoke against the many challenges facing citizens as a result of problems in the local government sphere.
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Numsa refuses to celebrate Freedom Day, says ANC has failed the people
The union said almost 30 years into democracy, the majority remains trapped in poverty, unemployment and crippling inequality.
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‘This freedom is not free’: Malema questions why SA celebrates Freedom Day
Speaking at the party’s Freedom Day rally in Atteridgeville, in Tshwane, on Tuesday he asked those in attendance how they can describe themselves as free without economic power.
