Progress since our ugly past

The launch of the 30 Years of Democracy Review Report in Pretoria this week unequivocally heralds a new dawn, though challenges abound

19 May 2024 - 00:00 By Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri

Since our democratic breakthrough in 1994, marked by the historic all-race election and the ushering in of ANC leader Nelson Mandela as the first president of a nonracial, non-sexist and democratic state, we have witnessed a complete break from the ugly apartheid past...

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