CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end ...

South Africa’s 2026 Freedom Day reflects on 32 years of democracy, highlighting persistent inequality, youth unemployment, corruption, and the urgent need to transform political liberation into ...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the ...

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 official end ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the national Freedom Day commemoration held in the Mangaung metropolitan municipality in ...

South Africa's Freedom Day is a celebration of the end of the apartheid that oppressed Black voters in their own country for years. April 27 marks South Africa’s 30th anniversary of “Freedom Day” when ...

As South Africa marks Freedom Day, a day rooted in the country's first democratic elections and the promise of equal opportunity, IOL spoke to four young people from sharply different walks of life to ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of ...

Public trust is in the spotlight as South Africans commemorate Freedom Day on 27 April. It comes as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, which was adopted on 10 ...

African Liberation Day dates back to its founding in 1958 by Kwame Nkruma. Originally Africa Freedom Day, it was renamed African Liberation Day at an Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meeting in ...