This is what M&G readers said on Twitter about what freedom means to them.
PAC leader Clarence Makwetu says South Africa has yet to achieve economic and political freedom.
‘After Freedom: The Rise of the Post-Apartheid Generation in Democratic South Africa’ looks at how hard it is for most of SA to find employment.
Our journey to freedom continues: 20 years after democracy, those who can’t read or write are locked in a sinister struggle.
Immigrants to South Africa still face an uphill battle, but their neighbours seem happy to live and let live.
The Nkandla scandal and the Marikana massacre are the lowest points of South Africa’s democracy yet.
It is also important to stress that April 27 did not constitute the victory of some South Africans over others, as it is often presented now.
We stand together as one nation – and together we will prosper, says President Jacob Zuma.
Ashley Kriel’s sisters appreciate what freedom has delivered, but feel there should be more
Two families recall the harrowing times when peace in KwaZulu-Natal was little more than a pipe dream.
General Constand Viljoen says Afrikaners need to establish a political bloc to survive ANC majoritarianism.
While there is better access to a quality life, let us not forget the sacrificies that made our freedom possible and pretend there’s no more to do.
The Inkatha Freedom Party prepared a generation of young people to become active participants in a liberated South Africa.
South Africa requires the same levels of wisdom, insight, passion and leadership it had 20 years ago in order to complete the transformation.
Gertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole have taken different routes to meet South Africa’s challenges.
Twenty-four years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, Zelda le Grange remembers what he taught her – with freedom comes responsibility.
Nelson Mandela’s departure from office was a blow from which the commission never recovered.
The ruling party failed to reshape the economy and govern effectively in our developmental state.
Dan Roodt and other Afrikaner have activists recently launched a new political platform, which aims to fight for Afrikaner self-determination.