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Voters in long queues during the 1994 non-racial general elections on April 27, 1994, in South Africa. Today, in 2021, the country commemorates 27 years of freedom. South Africa s Freedom Day in Numbers
Here is a summary of important dates, stats and events that served as a turning point in South Africa s biggest political transition â the first democratic election that took place on April 27, 1994.
That there once was a period in South Africa s political history where Black people were forbidden from enjoying the most basic human rights is still unfathomable. It was a moment in history that robbed Black people of their dignity, rendering them invisible and inconsequential in their country of birth.