South Africa on Saturday marks Freedom Day – 30 years since the first multiracial elections and the emergence of democracy after 46 years of apartheid. However the country faces a myriad of economic ...

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 of the racial ...

Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa and is celebrated on 27 April, the same day Nelson Mandela from the African National Congress (ANC) was elected in 1994. It commemorates the day the ...

South Africa marked Freedom Day on Saturday. The day on which, 30 years ago, millions of South Africans braved long queues to vote in the country’s first democratic elections, ending decades of ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa ...

South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa presided over the gathering in a huge ...

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 waving of the nation's ...

South Africa is today celebrating 30 years of Freedom Day (27 April), marking the country’s first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of racial segregation. It came just ...

With elections fast approaching in South Africa, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reflects on 30 momentous years of democracy and how the country has changed since the end of the racist system of apartheid. My ...

With elections fast approaching in South Africa, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reflects on 30 momentous years of democracy and how the country has changed since the end of the racist system of apartheid.

South Africa commemorated the 30th anniversary with 21-gun salutes and reflections on the historic vote, a pivotal moment where millions of black South Africans exercised their right to determine ...