This week’s announcement of May 29 as the date of the next elections, as well as the successful delivery of the Budget speech, continues a flurry of positive news throughout this first quarter this of year, as South Africa prepares to celebrate 30 years of democracy and aims to attract more domestic and foreign investment.
As South Africa prepares to hold its seventh national and provincial all-inclusive election, let us be reminded of a democracy that was won through a fierce Struggle against apartheid.
Let us not take for granted