But while democracy has delivered freedom for all South Africans, not enough has changed for those living in the country's vast townships.
In fact, despite 25 years of democrac... If anything, the rainbow nation is even more divided now than it was in 1994.
"One would have assumed that 25 years into democracy we would have had better access to land, better access to health care, we would not have children falling into pit latrines due to failures in the provision of ablution facilities," he said.