Thirty-two years on: South Africa’s freedom remains a work in progress
ON 27 April 1994, more than 20 million South Africans stood in queues that stretched beyond the horizon, weathering rain and scorching sun, to cast a vote that would end the long nightmare of apartheid. Thirty-two years later, South Africa gathered again - this time at the Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein - to mark Freedom Day under the symbolic weight of a democracy that has delivered much, but still owes its people more. President Cyril Ramaphosa used the occasion to deliver what was simultaneously a celebration of democratic endurance and a frank acknowledgement that the liberation dividend remains…
