Freedom Day this past Wednesday(27th April) marking seventeen years that South Africans have enjoyed democracy.
That we have been able to choose our government through the ballot for seventeen years now,is something to be celebrated.It is something to be cherished,especially considering where we come from as a country.The previous system of apartheid allowed a small group of South Africans - whites - to practice democracy amongst themselves while it prohibited the majority - Africans - from exercising this right to vote for a government.
During this celebrating of the arrival of democracy,we must also remember what it took to get us here.And it is not just members of political entities who made sacrifices.South Africans of all hues and shades played their part.They payed a price to give us our freedom.Ordinary people who observed June 16(now known as Youth Day) in pre-democracy days by staying away from work to commemorate events of that day,and were subsequently disciplined by their employers for this stay away,must also be acknowledged.
And while we celebrate our own democracy here in South Africa,our thoughts must also go to the peoples of the Arab world who are currently fighting to free themselves from tyrannical rulers.In particular,we want to tell the people of Libya,Yemen,and Syria to hang in there.
"One day you,too,shall be free."
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Our FEEL GOOD poem:
This Democracy
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It's been fought for,
And died for,
This democracy.
It must be valued,
And worshiped.
Treat it with respect,
Treat it with care.
This democracy of ours,
Perpetuate,
On 18 May.
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THANK YOU UNIVERSE.THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
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SO,SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE,WHAT MADE YOU
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