South Africans celebrate Freedom Day on 27 April every year to mark the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. A quarter of a century later, though, questions remain: how much and whose freedom is to be celebrated?South Africans can still not celebrate freedom from want. They are painfully aware that one cannot eat democracy.
But these ideals, still considered a basic blueprint for the country, have – to a large extent – remained remote goals. According to Eunomix, which advises some of the biggest mining companies in the country, the past 12 years saw the country suffer more declines in its socio-economic and governance performance than any other nation that’s not at war.
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. protect the values and reputation of the ANC, by practising political tolerance and defending the rights enshrined in the Constitution.
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