FREEDOM Month, marked every April in South Africa, commemorates a monumental event in our history, the first democratic elections held on April 27 1994. It symboliSes the official end of apartheid ...

the South African government takes its points of pride where it can find them. For years it has proudly pointed to the country’s free press. But freedom ends at the racial barrier. Laurence ...

PIETERMARITZBURG - On 27 April 2025, South Africa will mark 31 years of democracy ... human rights remains a pressing challenge. This Freedom Month, we take stock of our progress and assess ...

April is Freedom Month in South Africa. It is a good time to think about what freedom really means in our daily lives. One important kind of freedom is economic freedom – the ability to earn ...

Human rights groups are praising an opera that celebrates the life of gay freedom fighter Simon Nkoli. October is South Africa’s Pride Month, and the production, which is the brainchild of ...

Long Walk to Freedom is truly unique because Mandela commissioned it himself. He personally selected South African filmmaker Anant Singh to produce it. A project that Singh says started 25 years ...

Most of the millions of slaves brought to the New World went to the Caribbean and South America. An estimated 500,000 were taken directly from Africa to ... the hope of freedom, but the reality ...