{"id":97792,"date":"2026-04-27T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ramaphosa-praises-free-state-in-freedom-day-address"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:31:53","slug":"ramaphosa-praises-free-state-in-freedom-day-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ramaphosa-praises-free-state-in-freedom-day-address","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa Praises Free State in Freedom Day Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the Free State as the place where South Africa\u2019s fire for freedom was lit.<\/p>\n<p>The president has been speaking at the Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein, where the government is hosting this year\u2019s Freedom Day rally.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa said that Bloemfontein is where the ANC was formed in 1912, with the primary purpose of overturning the Apartheid government.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, women from the then Orange Free State kicked off anti-pass protest campaigns which later broke out countrywide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of being broken, the women of the Orange Free State became more determined because they would not accept a system that would deny them dignity and freedom. Today we celebrate that here in the free state, the struggles that were waged by the women of the province and other parts of the country have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the Free State as the place where South Africa\u2019s fire for freedom was lit. The president has been speaking at the Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein, where the government is hosting this year\u2019s Freedom Day rally. 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