On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself. Considering the prominence of her owner, the laws of the time and the dangerous trek to New Hampshire, a place where ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today as South Africa marks Freedom Day, we commemorate the 32nd anniversary of our first democratic election, as a nation united. This is a moment to think back to 27 April 1994, and what the dawn of ...

The 27th of April 1994 was not an ordinary election day. For the first time in history, every South African was welcomed to have their say in the country’s leadership. Across the country, millions ...

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 ...

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

As South Africa marks Freedom Day, the United Africans Transformation (UAT) party says the meaning of freedom remains unclear for millions of people who continue to poverty, hunger and inequality. The ...

Family members at the Taylor family home on Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa used his Freedom Speech in Mangaung, Free State, on Monday to speak out against recent incidents of xenophobia in South Africa. On the day marking South Africa’s transition ...

Government commemorates World Press Freedom Day under this year’s UNESCO theme, “Shaping a Future at Peace, Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development, and Security". South Africa is ranked ...