Freedom Day (South Africa)
- Freedom Day (South Africa)
Freedom Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on April 27.
It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first democratic post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.
The elections were the first non-racial, democratic elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from every race group was allowed to vote.
Previously under the apartheid regime non-whites were not allowed to vote.
ee also
* History of South Africa
* South African general election, 1994
* Politics of South Africa
* Public holidays in South Africa
* Freedom Day in other countries
* African Women's Day
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