South Africa’s first democratic elections took place on April 27, in 1994, now known as Freedom Day.
For South Africans who had been denied their civil liberties for centuries – through various iterations of big government incarnations that oppressed people based on the colour of their skin – April 27 can rightly be seen as one of the most important dates in this country’s history and, indeed, that of the world.
Over the course of the last year, with the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as justification, the policy decisions and actions of this government have shown us just how brittle freedom is, and how vital it is for citizens to hold elected officials to account.
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