SA's freedom project in regression, with little to celebrate - Mashaba

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Freedom Day marks the first democratic elections held in South Africa on 27 April 1994. President Cyril Ramaphosa touched on poverty, unemployment and inequality as some of the elements limiting the freedom of many.

So said ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba, adding that there's nothing to celebrate 29 years into democracy.

“The only progress that I personally believe as a 63-year-old South African, is that I don’t have to carry a dom pas to be able to move around, I can buy property anywhere I can afford, unlike what happened post 1994.”“Look at most of the issues, our education is the worst in the world in terms of outcome, we’re the murder capital of the world, the rape capital, a country without borders. Therefore, there is not much South Africans can celebrate.

' Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 April 27, 2023 Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa touched on poverty, unemployment and inequality as some of theRamaphosa delivered the keynote address in Klerksdorp, in the North West, during the main Freedom Day celebration.

 

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