Last weekend South Africa celebrated Freedom Day, marking the 25th anniversary of the country’s first democratic elections. As we head towards the polls next week to cast our vote in the fifth elections since the fall of apartheid, it seems like a good time to reflect on that historic day. The 27th April 1994 is … Read more
Ngomhlaka 27 ku-April 2018, iNingizimu Afrika izobe igubha iminyaka engu-24 yokhetho lohulumeni wentando yeningi. Yize izinguquko ezazithenjiswe abantu zingakafinyeleli kubona bonke bakuleli, kuyiqiniso elingephikiswe ukuthi isimo sokuhlala sesithuthukile kubantu abaningi, ikakhulukazi abamnyama. Kulawo mazwi, kubalulekile ukusho izinkomba zithi isayinde indlela futhi usamuningi umsebenzi okumele wenziwe ukuze kufezwe leNingizimu Afrika efiswa abaningi. Kwizingqinamba lezwe elibhekene nazo … Read more
With our history of apartheid many public holidays in South Africa are ‘commemorated’ rather than ‘celebrated’, but tomorrow, the 27th April, is a day that all South Africans can truly celebrate as we remember the first democratic elections held on this day, twenty-four years ago. It was a long and treacherous road, but the elections … Read more
Last week South Africa celebrated Freedom day, commemorating the first non-racial post-apartheid elections held on the 27th April 1994. It seems strange to think that there was ever a time when suffrage was not extended to all South Africans, that a mere 23 years ago, people of colour were not allowed to cast their vote. It seems even stranger … Read more
This Sunday, the 27th April, marks twenty years since South Africa held their first democratic elections, where for the very first time in our country’s history people of all races got to choose who they would like to see governing them. What a strange thought that at some point people thought it acceptable to discount … Read more