Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Tuesday said the country had little or nothing to celebrate nearly three decades into democracy.
The DA’s Siviwe Gwarube, who had commemorated Freedom Day in the Alfred Nzo municipality, said, “It was evident that freedom remains a theoretical concept that is not a lived reality for many parts of the country.”
“No South African is free when more half of the country is poor and no South African is free when millions of young people cannot find work. After 28 years, SA is indeed in a need of a different form of liberation,” said Gwarhube. “This daylight robbery of taxpayers is the true thief of freedom. Every rand of irregular and fruitless expenditure translates into another child going to bed hungry or a rural community not getting a much-needed bridge or school,” he said.
The EFF's Omphile Maotwe accused the government of many failures, including abandoning the struggle for land. The FF Plus’s Heloise Denner said there had been little to celebrate as millions of people continue to be trapped in a “hopeless cycle of unemployment”.
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