EDITORIAL | The sins of the fathers: Freedom Day is a hollow reminder of our leaders’ failings
Almost three decades on, our government has let down those who needed freedom the most
27 April 2022 - 18:50
The wailing last week in Nhlungwane, north of Durban, as a crowd gathered at the edge of a stream to mourn the people swept up by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal is a stark contrast to the mass ululation of jubilant South Africans celebrating the victory of the liberation struggle, almost to the day on April 27 1994...
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