New York City Celebrates South Africa's Freedom Day

New York joins SA in celebrating Freedom Day

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared 27 April 2023, as South Africa’s Freedom Day in the city of New York, while holding the brightly coloured South African flag up high at Bowling Green Park. According to South African Tourism’s Head of Marketing and Comms in North America, Justin Barnette, the ceremony was attended by officials from South African Tourism and the South African Consulate-General New York and the Permanent Mission of South Afr…

WATCH | New York mayor celebrates South Africa's Freedom Day, raises SA flag in the Big Apple

New York mayor Eric Adams gave a heartfelt speech before hoisting a South African flag in New York in celebration of Freedom Day in the Big Apple on Thursday.

New York City Celebrates South Africa's Freedom Day

NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Against an exciting backdrop of music and dance, New York City Mayor Eric Adams raised the brightly colored South Africa flag high above Bowling Green Park as he proclaimed April 27, 2023, South Africa's Freedom Day in the city of New York. Joined by officials from South African Tourism and the South African Consulate-General New York and the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations, …

Embattled South Africa marks Freedom Day

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa commemorated 29 years of self-rule in the wake of an incessant energy crisis, millions beset by unemployment, crime and the scourge of gender-based violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa conceded to the challenges as he addressed the nation from the town of Matlosana in the North West province on Thursday. April 27 is marked yearly as Freedom Day. “Freedom cannot be meaningful when South Af…