Democracy
is the greatest thing that the past marginalized citizens of South Africa
achieved. Until this day people struggle to define the meaning of democracy,
but they have a clear distinction of what apartheid is. In short democracy
means having equal access and the ability to exercise all rights freely. That
is why a democratic government is termed government of the people by the people
The only
democracy people know of is walking the streets freely but they do not speak
back to authority even if their right is being infringed upon. For instance a video
about police brutality in Vaal Water people just stood there and watched a
person being beaten up by a police which shows truly people are still chained
in apartheid where police would do as they wish.
It makes
one wonder what kind of a future the following generation will have when it
comes to freedom, for instance if people cannot speak back to authority now,
will the next generation be able to? People are aware of their rights but when
given a platform to exercise them people choose to walk away, for example on
that video people had a chance to stop the incident but they chose to watch and
say nothing. South Africans are afraid of exercising the freedom they fought
for, they rather be silent.
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