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REMARKS FREEDOM DAY 2009: CITY OF CHICAGO

Fellow South Africans, Friends of South Africa and Distinguished Guests; I feel greatly privileged that so many of you could travel from all parts of the State of Illinois and beyond to lend importance and dignity to this occasion.  I thank you most sincerely for your presence which in itself constitutes a profound statement of hope that the people of South Africa will, together, continue to expand the frontiers of democracy and human rights.
For South Africans, 27 April is a day on which we pause annually and reflect on our past and map out our future.  It is a day on which we pride ourselves on our achievements and equally acknowledge our challenges but over and above it is a day for Salute for a generation that pulled our country out of the abyss and placed it on the pedestal of hope.

We have the common responsibility as South African citizens to always mark the milestones and events that led to the dawn of democracy in South Africa so that the bravery and sacrifices of our heroes and heroines who dedicated their lives to the struggle for freedom and equality in South Africa should not be forgotten.

Ladies and Gentlemen; following fifteen (15) years of democracy my government remains fully conscious of the fact that it has entered into a contract with its people. We further believe that the full meaning of liberation will not be realised until our people are freed from the dehumanising legacy of deprivation we inherited from our past.

In 1994 we began the journey towards the creation of a non racist, non-sexist and free South Africa that belongs to all who live in it. We embarked in this venture with a mature cognisance of the challenges ahead that we would face.
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