A COUNTRY FREE FROM RACIAL SEGREGATION

Writes Mhleli Mkhize

Miracle of SA liberation

Once upon a time long ago there was a country where people were separated by virtue of the color of their skin

South Africa now is at its 21 years of being a democratic country.  With pain and blood that saw the bases of a liberated country slowly breaking into pieces.

 27^th of April 1994 the people of the country were finally given the opportunity to vote on its first, free and fair democratic election.

Good prevailed, justice prevailed because people insisted on it and through a solid mission that was not to be stopped by anyone the country finally achieved its freedom.

All colors of the rainbow moved out to accommodate, to show how negativity can be transformed into positivity. Years and years of people feeling that they were not equal to another race.

On Nelson Mandela’s funeral on the 18^th of December 2013 ,One of the speaker s of the day was a fellow mate of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned with him and was close friend Ahmed Kathrada.  

 Sensitively speaking at the podium Ahmed Kathrada delivered a speech which he mentions that “Through the work of Madiba we are lively living in a democratic country, we are deeply grateful that dignity has been restored to all South Africans, we are deeply grateful for a constitution in court that protects our hard earned freedom.”

Nelson Mandela along with other prisoned and imprisoned politicians grew up in severe pain of having to fight for the rights of the people and through that were sent to prison for many years, the significance of a liberated country was highlighted when people went in numbers to cast their votes in 1994, issues of ballot boxes went missing, issues of ink being a challenge to have and issues of transport for the ballot boxes.

Sibongekile Mbatha a young Language practice student who is strongly involved in politics said that " I for one do not believe that the leading party understands the needs for the people, the system of restoring what was previously stolen from us as Africans , and for that I will say we are far from being a liberated country.”

With the effort of these political activists the country is now free from White and black segregation, dompass and other actions that separated the two races.  Transformation, freedom that was never there for the people, equality, peace and the things people were frightened for was the day the country experienced the South African dream.

The people of South Africa recognised the injustice of the past, honored those who suffered for justice and freedom in the land, respected those who have worked to build and develop the country and have sense that South Africa belongs to all who live in it.