THERE is a considerable amount to be said about the past 30 years of democracy in South Africa.
South Africa boasts arguably the greatest constitution in the whole world, and the sentiment of freedom has been etched into the identity of democratic South Africa.
It was in the month of March, Freedom Month, that we needed to vigorously examine the meaning of freedom in our society.
As we advance towards Freedom Day on April 27, as well as our seventh democratic elections on May 29, we have the opportunity to give meaning to our democracy, to honour the privilege of being able to vote, and to commemorate those who sacrificed themselves for the freedoms we enjoy today. Freedom has a different meaning to different people. However, in a democratic nation’s context, this should not be the case at all. Every single citizen in a nation
