President Ramaphosa addressed a crowd gathered on the Joza Sports grounds in Makhanda for Freedom Day celebrations on Saturday.
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to be active citizens to build a better South Africa, in the same way the country overcame apartheid.
Some in the giant marquee were restless and noisy throughout Ramaphosa's 35-minute speech, but they received him with loud cheers and song. "Like those who went to the polls for the first time in 1994, they will hold in their hands the destiny of our nation."TO ACT TOUGH
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