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  2. Freedom Day (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. [1] It commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, [2] was allowed to vote.

  3. History of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which was located near the northern border of present-day South Africa, at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers adjacent to present-day Zimbabwe and Botswana, was the first indigenous kingdom in southern Africa between AD 900 and 1300. It developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was ...

  4. Freedom Day - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Day (South Africa) on 27 April, anniversary of the first general election in South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994; Freedom Day (Malawi) on 14 June, anniversary of the first free election in Malawi in 1994; Juneteenth on 19 June in the United States, also known as Freedom Day, commemorating the day in 1865 when Union troops ...

  5. 1994 South African general election - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] In 1985, the government introduced a sweeping state of emergency in response to growing civil unrest, which included sweeping restrictions on freedom of movement, freedom of speech and freedom of the press, particularly for non-White South Africans. [6] In 1989, F. W. de Klerk was elected State President of South Africa, succeeding Botha.

  6. South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality ...

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    Musk, born in South Africa and now tasked with slashing US public spending, has accused Ramaphosa’s coalition government, led by the African National Congress (ANC) party, of having “openly ...

  7. List of national independence days - Wikipedia

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    National Day: Independence and the Constitution of Norway (17 May 1814). Independence Day: 7 June: 1905 Sweden: Union Dissolution and Independence Day (7 June 1905). Oman: National Day: 20 November: 1744 Yarubid dynasty: Celebrates the date of the founding of the Al Bu Said dynasty, which has ruled Oman since 1744. [67] Pakistan: Independence ...

  8. 2024 South African general election - Wikipedia

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    [172] [173] [174] The same day, the National Assembly re-elected Ramaphosa as President of South Africa after defeating Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema with 283 votes to 54. [175] [5] The DA's Annelie Lotriet was elected Deputy Speaker after defeating the African Transformation Movement's Vuyo Zungula with 273 votes to 54. [176]

  9. Africa Day - Wikipedia

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    Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity on 25 May 1963. [1] It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent as well as around the world. [ 2 ]