South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27. Here's why this year is so poignant
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 of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. Saturday is the 30th anniversary of that momentous vote, when millions of Black South Africans, young and old, decided their own futures for the first time, a fundamental right they had been denied by a white minority government. The he...
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- South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27. Here's why this year is so poignant
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