Freedome Day

What is the meaning of Freedom Day?
Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.


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What was happening in Freedom Day?
Freedom Day is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. Peace, unity, the preservation and the restoration of human dignity hallmarks Freedom Day celebrations on the 27th of April of each year. The road to democracy was a long and difficult one.


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How do we celebrate Freedom Day today?
SA celebrates Freedom Day. Pretoria - South Africans from all walks of life will today celebrate Freedom Day to mark the liberation of the country and its people from a long period of colonialism and apartheid. On 27 April 1994, millions of South Africans for the first time exercised their hard-won right to vote.

Is National Freedom Day a holiday?
Freedom Day 2019 and 2020. Freedom Day is a holiday that allows South Africans to celebrate the end of apartheid rule and the first non-racial election in South Africa. ... Freedom Day is observed as a national public holiday on April 27 each year.


Why do we celebrate National Freedom Day?
National Freedom Day. This day celebrates the signing of the 13th amendment to the United States Constitution by Abraham Lincoln. This amendment outlawed slavery. The purpose of the holiday is to promote harmony and equal opportunity among all citizens of the United States.


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