Cape Town – Trade union NUMSA said on Thursday it was not celebrating Freedom Day because there was very little for the working-class majority of the country to celebrate.
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said in a statement that April 27 in 1994 was a historical moment for the people as millions queued for the very first time to make their mark in the country’s first democratic elections.
“We had so much hope. We believed that by making a simple mark on the ballot sheet, centuries of colonial subjugation and suffering would be brought to an end,” Jim said.“We believed that […]
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