POLOKWANE – Freedom day: a day that all South Africans have been celebrating every year for the past 22 years.
Review spoke to four Mitchell House students about Freedom Day and asked them what they think it means to be free.
Teagan Smit (12) says that to be free is to have no worries and to live the life that you want to live without anyone telling you how to live it or what to do. Litha Peter (8) believes that to be truly free is to be happy. “If you are free, you are free to do whatever you want,” she says. Abdul Haider (12) has a more political approach to freedom. He gave a very mature answer to the question by stating that to be free means that people are treated with fairness, justice and equality. “We need to show people that South Africans are treated with justice and fairness and that is how we will be free,” he says. Thomas Jr Matlaila (17) says to be free is to have the ability to choose your own path. “Society shouldn’t tell you who you should be, you should decide for yourself,” he says. He goes on further to say that the most important part of freedom is freedom of speech.
