Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of over three hundred years of colonialism, segregation and white minority rule and the establishment of a new democratic government led by Nelson Mandela and a new state subject to a new constitution.
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South African History Online. (2016, April 20). Freedom Day 27 April . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0120793
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