Democracy

South Africa’s democracy must be measured by its ability to improve people’s daily lives, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday as the country marked 32 years since its first democratic elections. Delivering the Freedom Day address in Bloemfontein, Ramaphosa said the promise of freedom must be reflected in “material change in people’s lives”. Dignity depended…

South Africa’s democracy will, on Monday, mark 32 years since the country’s first democratic election, which ended apartheid rule and ushered in a constitutional order built on promises of equality, freedom and rights for marginalised communities, alongside the rule of law. Since 1994, the Constitution has entrenched a wide-ranging set of civil, political and socio-economic…