South Africa: Human Rights and Democracy - Two Sides of the Same Coin

opinion

South Africa enters its 21st year of democracy in the year that we also commemorate 60 years since the formation of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown on 26 June 1955. This is regarded as one of the foremost documents setting the tone for our democracy and inclusivity as the document begins with the words, "... South Africa belongs to all who live in it... " These words captured the vision of a unified, egalitarian, free and equal South Africa...

Sixty years later, we can claim to live in a free and democratic society. We have challenges, certainly, but we are essentially a free people living in a country that belongs to us all.

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