OPINION | 27 years into democracy and we are still struggling with poverty and unemployment

Poverty, inequality and unemployment negatively impact on our hard-won freedoms, writes the author. (Photo: Getty Images)
According to a Freedom in the World global report, South Africans enjoy more freedom regarding political rights and civil liberties than many others around the world.
Chris Jones questions if this is the lived experience of everyone.
Every year on 27 April, we commemorate Freedom Day, which reminds us of the first democratic elections that were held on this day in 1994. It gave birth to our constitutional democracy and restored the dignity of the majority of South Africans who had never voted before. South Africa is the country it is today because of the countless sacrifices many have made.  

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