South Africa: We Are Closer to Our Dream - Zuma

In its first two decades of freedom, South Africa has have moved closer to its dream of a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous country - and "we must not deny or downplay these achievements, regardless of our political differences", President Jacob Zuma told the nation on Sunday.

Addressing the main Freedom Day event at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Zuma paid tribute both to the various actors and groupings who sacrificed to win the country its freedom 20 years ago, and to the different sectors of society that had, since then, played a part in creating a South Africa that was in every respect "a much better place to live in".

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