Freedom Day in South Africa - a reminder of unfinished business

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As South Africa marks 25 years of freedom, many citizens have to contend with the harsh reality that they can't eat democracy.

. These include the right to free speech and to protest, basic human rights which were suppressed under centuries of colonial and apartheid rule.

The problem is that South Africa’s political culture today does not live up to the ideal the Constitution enshrines. There is a massive gap between declared norms and actual realities. For example, in early April protesters from Alexandra township, one of Johannesburg’s poorest black settlements, were prevented by police from marching to Sandton, the adjacent, affluent suburb.

Such noble words, however, only point to the governing party’s inability to walk the talk. For example, when the ANC’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte was confronted with questions she did not like from a journalist who works for eNCA, an independent TV station. The question was about the party’s controversial proposed list of MPs. Duarte

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..And also can we talk about our successes?! GrowSouthAfrica GrowGauteng VoteANC

As I’ve recently learnt the truth around the world is that first you need a liberator to set you free the you need freedom from your liberator... voteforchange

You cannot change the past, but you can change the future. Stop digging in the past otherwise this country will stay in the past

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