South Africa marks ‘Freedom Day,’ 30 years since apartheid ended, amid discontent with the ANC Nelson Mandela casts his vote on April 27, 1994, near Durban, South Africa, in the country’s ...

People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections. South Africans celebrate "Freedom Day" every April 27. Denis Farrell / AP ...

South Africa's Freedom Day quotes are a great reminder of the first general elections that took place on 27 April 1994. The day marked an important milestone in SA's self-rule.

The mornings are a hive of activity in the Nhlangothi home, in the tiny village of Stratford in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Once her chores are done, Luyanda embarks on a 10-kilometer ...

South Africa's Freedom Day is a celebration of the end of the apartheid that oppressed Black voters in their own country for years. April 27 marks South Africa’s 30th anniversary of “Freedom ...

South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of apartheid.

Luyanda is one of tens of thousands of children in South Africa’s poorest and most remote rural communities who still face long walks to the nearest public school, nearly 30 years after the ...

Thousands of children in South Africa’s poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.