In the eye of the storm :: Mmegi Online

As South Africa heads to its seventh general election next Wednesday, Mmegi Correspondent, LESANG MASWABI, goes down memory lane to recall his turbulent days early in the country’s democracy

Friday, April 27, 2024, marked South Africa’s 30th anniversary of the dawn of democracy. Also called Freedom Day, this day was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations amongst various political parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial elections in 1994.

That year (1994) has remained indelible and will always be special to me as it marked the beginning of my stay for my studies at Design Centre – College of Design around the leafy suburb of Greenway Street, Greenside, away from the hustle and bustle of my temporary home at Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) flat by Corner Rissik and Wanderers Street in Braamfontein.

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