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February 10, 2011

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ANC Centennial in the Midwest 2012 Program

REMARKS FREEDOM DAY 2009: CITY OF MILWAUKEE
It gives me great pleasure tonight to welcome the people of the City of Milwaukee to the celebration of the 15th anniversary of freedom in South Africa. I bring you warm greetings from the government and people of South Africa. Let me express my heartfelt gratitude to our Honorary Consul in the State of Wisconsin, Alderman Joseph Davis Sr, for hosting this important event, as well as congratulate him on his appointment as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa to the state of Wisconsin.  
I acknowledge the presence of Mayor Tom Barrett who has been gracious enough to take time off his schedule to celebrate with us tonight.
Tonight’s event is hosted on the first anniversary of the signing of the Richards Bay: Umhlatuze Municipality and the City of Milwaukee Agreement. The Mayor of Umhlatuze Municipality in the KwaZulu Natal Province of South Africa, Mayor Zakhele Mqayi led a business delegation to the City Milwaukee to attend the first Freedom Day reception that was hosted in Milwaukee and also sign the Sister City Agreement.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with an invitation for a reliable future of growth, stability and prosperity based on mutual benefit and unique business opportunities for Wisconsin and South Africa. To achieve the faster levels of growth, the South African government is focusing on three areas, namely increasing the rate of trade and investment, improving levels of competitiveness, and broadening economic participation.
27 April 1994 marked a turning point in South African history. Millions of our people were able to cast votes for the first time. We were able, for the first time, to participate in determining our future and we proudly cast our ballots, not forgetting all those that laid down their lives for our freedom.
Despite some difficulties and weaknesses associated with a newly democratic state, that we acknowledge, and problems which we share with much of the developing world, like crime, corruption, unemployment and disease, South Africa is a country that is truly basking in the Age of Hope.  Hope for the vast majority of our people is becoming a reality.
Oppressive and discriminatory laws have been done away with. Millions of our people, especially the poorest of the poor, have felt the impact of government programmes to deliver basic services like clean water, decent housing and health care, electricity and telephones.
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