CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrated their “Freedom Day” on Saturday, commemorating their country’s pivotal first democratic election on April 27, 1994, that announced the ...

Armoured military vehicles drove past our home several times a day ... Freedom Charter was signed - the document drafted by those fighting apartheid that set out the vision of a democratic South ...

Much like America's Fourth of July celebrates the birth of American independence, South Africa’s Freedom Day is a celebration of the country’s first democratic election. Held on April 27,1994 ...

Freedom Day is a day South Africa celebrates its first post-apartheid election. On April 27, 1994, a new path for South Africa was paved and the idea of a rainbow nation was cemented. This was the ...

"South Africa today is an infinitely better place than it was 30 years ago," Ramaphosa said in a speech marking "Freedom Day" at the Union Buildings, the seat of government, in Pretoria.

The country is gearing up for celebrations Saturday to mark 30 years of freedom ... day. Then African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela casts his vote April 27, 1994 near Durban, South ...

As South Africa prepares to commemorate yet another Freedom Day, we are compelled to ask what exactly are we celebrating? Is it the symbolic victory of 1994, or the lived reality of a people still ...

The Federal Government has extolled South Africa on the occasion of its 31st anniversary of Freedom Day held on April 27. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, said this in a ...