THIS year marks 30 years since the dawn of democracy in South Africa. Indeed, time flies and many achievements have been made over the past three decades.
It is important to recollect the context in which the country emerged from pre-1994, to appreciate the strides taken by our government towards consolidating democracy in South Africa amid persisting challenges of under-development, poverty, high levels of unemployment and a myriad social ills.
As a citizen collective, the nation, led by the government, has rallied behind initiatives and government programmes aimed at reversing the