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This Saturday, April 27, marks the 30th anniversary of South Africa's independence

As the nation commemorates the day in 1994 when millions of people participated in the nation's first democratic elections. Every year on April 27, South Africans commemorate Freedom Day, which marks the end of the cruel apartheid regime of racial inequality. Walking through the hallways of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, 72-year-old Nonki Kunene remembers the excitement she and many others experienced thirty years ago when they cast their first ballots. On April 27, 1994, Kunene braved huge lines to vote in South Africa's first democratic elections following years of white rule. This happened at this school.

 braved huge lines to vote in South Africa's first democratic elections following years of white rule. This happened at this school.


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