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South Africa celebrates 2020 Freedom Day

CAPE TOWN, 27 April 2020, TON: South Africa celebrates its National Freedom Day on Monday, 27 April. The day commemorates with the first democratic elections held in South Africa on 27 April 1994.  These were the first post-apartheid national elections in which anyone could vote regardless of race. The 2020 National Freedom Day marks 26 years of freedom and democracy and getting rid from colonial and apartheid oppression, spanning over 400 years.

The year 2020 shepherded in with the COVID-19 challenge that has transformed things differently than what was practiced before.

Freedom Day 2020 is being reflected upon during a live stream today. The theme for this year’s Freedom Month celebrations is, “Solidarity and triumph of human spirit in this challenging times”. The President of South Africa is expected to address the nation.

 

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