Newsreportzim.com has learnt that Zimbabwe’s southern neighbouring country South Africa today is celebrating the important day, Freedom Day.
South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they commemorate their country’s pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid.
Top Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono sent his congratulatory message to his fellow Africans. In his remarks he said:
Congratulations to South Africa and its people on this important day, Freedom Day.
Like most African countries, South Africa has had to grapple with leadership issues, but that shouldn’t take away from the strides made over the last 30 years.
Nelson Mandela and his generation laid the foundation for the new South Africa after spending 27 years in prison.
The rest is for the young to implement and finish by having the true meaning of independence and freedom manifesting through economic prosperity for many, not just a few connected.
South Africans should be proud of what they have achieved and fight for what should have been achieved.
For South Africans to see how much they have achieved, they only need to look at where countries like Zimbabwe and Zambia were 30 years after their respective independence.
Today, South Africa is home to many African nationalities.
It provides not just jobs but has also been forced to provide social welfare to citizens from neighboring countries run by deeply corrupt authoritarian governments.
Instead of supporting these dictatorships, South Africa must show leadership by opposing the abuse of power in countries like Zimbabwe.
South Africa’s failure to challenge these dictatorships and its open support for them has resulted in 70% of women giving birth at Musina hospital being Zimbabwean.
This has created tension within communities, resulting in flashpoints and violence.
This requires leadership to end, and true leadership means not supporting the authors of such trigger points.
One wonders why the South African government supports a regime that has brought this economic burden on the South African taxpayer.
Freedom doesn’t mean rhetorical slogans; it means the lives of our people being transformed and having access to the basic necessities of life.
What does it mean when the life of an ordinary Black person has become worse than it was under colonial rule, as has happened in Zimbabwe?
South Africa must avoid that path of corrupt rule, rigged elections, state sponsored violence and a broken economy.
Congratulations once again, South Africa.
Amandla 
Source Newsreportzim.com
