Don't let the fire of freedom die out; do your bit

Thirty-one years ago today, a historic day dawned on the southernmost country on the Mother Continent, and almost all of Africa was free. The people of the Saharawi are still waiting for their moment, lest we forget.

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But on this day in 1994, the people of the south woke up to Day 1 of a future of great promise, pregnant with hope, so much so that no one dared doubt when a great son of the soil declared two weeks later that “Never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again witness the oppression of one by another.” The rays of freedom had indeed fallen on a land that had known no peace for what seemed an eternity.

It was a near-miracle that left much of the world in awe, and well wishes rained like a monsoon to nourish a dream that might have long died were it not for the resilience of a people who refused to lose hope and wither in the long winter of despair that was colonialism and apartheid

The flames have dimmed somewhat; the fire has lost its glow. What have we done? Why are we letting the forces of darkness douse the fire that promised to bring warmth to all?.