South Africans celebrated their “Freedom Day” on Saturday, commemorating their country’s pivotal first democratic election on April 27, 1994, that announced the official end of the racial ...

Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa and is celebrated on 27 April, the same day Nelson Mandela from the African National Congress (ANC) was elected in 1994. It commemorates the day the ...

May 2024 marks “Tax Freedom Day” in South Africa – the first day of the year on which the nation as a whole has theoretically ...

Tax Freedom Day in South Africa marks the moment when people start working for themselves, having paid off their share to the ...

South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of the nation's ...

South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa presided over the gathering in a huge ...

With elections fast approaching in South Africa, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reflects on 30 momentous years of democracy and how the country has changed since the end of the racist system of apartheid.

Analysis - Speculation that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) could lose its majority and usher in a new form of politics has garnered international attention. Through this complex transition ...

Opposition parties, the media and independent thinkers are oftentimes violently suppressed, leading to a shrinking ...

"South Africa today is an infinitely better place than it was 30 years ago," Ramaphosa said in a speech marking "Freedom Day" at the Union Buildings, the seat of government, in Pretoria.

South Africa on Saturday marks Freedom Day – 30 years since the first multiracial elections and the emergence of democracy after 46 years of apartheid. However the country faces a myriad of economic ...