Premier celebrates Freedom Day in Loskop
This year’s theme is ‘Consolidating and Safe Guarding Our Democratic Gains’
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube and a government delegation are celebrating Freedom Day in Loskop.
Today (April 27) marks 29 years since South Africans went to the polls to vote in the country’s first democratic election.
Accompanied by MECS as well as representatives from provincial and local government and traditional leadership, the Premier is attending the 29th Freedom Day commemoration held at ePhangweni Sport Field in Loskop.
This year’s theme is ‘Consolidating and Safe Guarding Our Democratic Gains’.
During the keynote address, Dube-Ncube said “We remember Freedom Day because we are the fortunate generation that lives in a democracy protected by the Constitution we adopted in 1996. It is 150 years since the Langalibalele Rebellion. As we recall, this quest for freedom from colonialism saw Inkosi Langalibalele of AmaHlubi rebel against colonial oppression in the Estcourt/uMtshezi areas. The name of this municipality honours the tradition of resistance against colonialism and apartheid and is a fitting place to hold this province’s Freedom Day event.”
The Premier also spoke of projects that are set for the uThukela District, which includes communities within Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality.
These projects include schools, road and bridge constructions and upgrades as well as water challenges.
“uThukela District continues to have Water Challenges as compounded by governance issues, inability to keep engineering skills and administrative instability. The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has intervened through the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs appointing an engineering firm to provide the required water engineering support to uThukela District,” said Dube-Ncube.
The Premier was also impressed with the locally produced goods displayed by the stallholders at the Freedom Day celebration.
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