{"id":61308,"date":"2025-04-24T08:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=61308"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:29:12","slug":"dit-is-wat-die-vier-van-vryheidsdag-vir-ons-beteken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/dit-is-wat-die-vier-van-vryheidsdag-vir-ons-beteken\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dit is wat die vier van Vryheidsdag vir ons beteken . . .&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ons vier <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/vryheidsdag-maar-wie-vier-saam\/\">Vryheidsdag <\/a>Sondag 27 April. Die <em>Standard Breederivier Gazette<\/em> het die strate ingevaar en inwoners gevra hoekom en hoe hulle di\u00e9 dag gedenk. 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Daar is amptenare wat die nuwe<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Day_(South_Africa)\"> V<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Day_(South_Africa)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ryheidsdag<\/a> vier, maar nie eens bewus is van ons gewone mense se bestaan nie. Ek sien nie aldag wat daar is om te vier nie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juwayne Naidoo<\/strong> s\u00ea daar is definitief positiewe veranderinge in die land. &#8220;Ons moet aanhou vorentoe beweeg as nasie, as &#8216;n eenheid. Dit was mos die hele doel. Dit moet nie net een party wees wat besluite namens almal neem en besluit watter rigting ons inslaan nie. Ek gaan die dag saam met my gesin deurbring.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hannah Maarman en Cynthia Funyanwa <\/strong>s\u00ea die veranderinge sedert 1994 het ook meer geestelike vryhede gebring. &#8220;Vroue het ook nou meer regte en kan dominees en pastore word. 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