It was just four and a half months ago that Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa won the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) that governs South Africa.

Pundits said at the time that the post-colonial narrative was fixed: the ANC was irredeemably corrupt, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma would win and protect her ex Jacob Zuma and his legacy, and the decade-long nightmare of Zuma’s kleptocracy would become a decade longer and gloomier, by the end of South Africa would be bankrupt, broken and buggered.

But in the 128 days since Ramaphosa took over the reins, South Africans have had to learn again to imagine that they might be free, and to have hope in the future. 2018 may not feel like 1994, but it comes a close second. The will to believe is taking root.  Click Here for Entire Article on Freedom Day: 

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-04-27-dare-south-africans-dream-again-as-they-celebrate-their-23rd-freedom-day/

The South African Consulate in Los Angeles will celebrate the evening of April 27th...more to come on that celebration as W.E. joins.