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Freedom day

EWN weekly wrap: New WC education MEC and what freedom means to SA

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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...

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    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.

    101 days ago
  • A woman positions a burning tyre as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    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.

    102 days ago
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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

    102 days ago
  • FILE: South Africans ushered in a new democracy as the first democratic elections took place on 27 April 1994. Picture: GCIS

    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.

    102 days ago
  • FILE: SAPS Durban Search and Rescue Unit have been working around the clock in the wake of the KwaZulu-Natal floods in April 2022. Picture: Bernadette Wicks/Eyewitness News

    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.

    102 days ago
  • FILE: Speaking on behalf of the presiding officers, Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said while we'd made great strides, we still had many challenges to overcome. Picture: unsplash

    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.

    102 days ago
  • DA leaders were in Gqanqu in Umzimvubu Municipality, in the Eastern Cape, on 27 April 2022, which is Freedom Day. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter.

    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.

    102 days ago
  • FILE: Wednesday's celebrations were observed under the banner "consolidate our democratic gains" to mark the country's transition from apartheid to democracy. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    '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.

    102 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    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.

    102 days ago
  • Voters queue at a voting station on 1 November 2021. Picture: Theto Mahlakoana/Eyewitness News

    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.

    102 days ago
  • National Freedom Day Celebration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape. Picture: SA Government.

    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.

    102 days ago
  • The South African flag. Picture: Eyewitness News

    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.

    102 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the nation on 22 March 2022. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    103 days ago
  • FILE: Parisians wait to board their train leaving from the Gare Montparnasse serving the west and southwest of France, in Paris on 19 March 2021. Parisians packed inter-city trains leaving the capital hours ahead of a new lockdown in the French capital imposed to combat a surge in coronavirus infections. Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP

    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.

    384 days ago
  • Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    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.

    460 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 30 March 2021. Picture: GCIS

    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.

    467 days ago
  • FILE: A group of Numsa-affiliated workers protested at the Department of Labour's provincial head offices in Cape Town on 30 September 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    467 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema delivered the keynote address at the party’s Freedom Day rally in Atteridgeville, in Tshwane, on 27 April 2021. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter

    ‘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.

    467 days ago
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