Roads leading to the Dr Rantlai Molemela stadium in Bloemfontein will be temporarily closed during the hosting of the national Freedom Day celebrations.
The public is advised of some road closures around the stadium.
This year’s event will be addressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The theme is “Freedom and the Rule of Law: Thirty Years of Democratic Citizenship”.
Access to the stadium precinct will be through Kgomo and Thakalekoala streets, Moshoeshoe and Thakalekoala streets, Moshoeshoe and Tsekeletsa streets, Tsekeletsa and Mokoloko streets, and Kgomo and Khampepe streets.
Members of the public are warned that no weapons or firearms are allowed except for authorised personnel.
Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult. No alcohol, glass containers, and breakable bottles will be allowed to enter the stadium.
Political regalia, paraphernalia, or material intended to provoke or promote alternative narratives will not be allowed. Confiscated items will not be returned, and no compensation will be provided.
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Transport has been arranged for people who want to attend the National Freedom Day celebrations at the Dr Rantlai Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein.
The event marks the 32nd anniversary of the country’s historic 27th April 1994 democratic elections.
Government deputy spokesperson William Baloyi says various pick-up points have been identified in different districts.
“There will be buses leaving from Bloemfontein – 10 buses, there are buses that will be leaving Botshabelo – 6 buses, Thaba Nchu – 3 buses, Soutpan and there are also leaving Van Stad, Wepenar, Dewetsdorp. All these areas will be having buses that will be coming, but also the surrounding municipalities of Xariep, Lejweleputswa and Thabo Mofutsanyana will be serviced by 22-seater buses and will be leaving from Masilonyana 15, Mantsopa 16, Tswelopele 6, Tokologo 3, Mohokare 3, Letsemeng 6, Kopanong 13 and also Kopanong (another one).”
WATCH | Everything is set for the national Freedom Day commemoration at Dr Rantlai Molemela Station in Bloemfontein. Makgala Masiteng reports. pic.twitter.com/ikorMouiYf
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Meanwhile, some Gauteng residents believe government should do more to create job opportunities and fight corruption.
This as the country marks the 32nd anniversary of freedom this Monday.
The famous Vilakazi Street in Soweto and Freedom Park in Pretoria have seen an increase in tourists this week.
South Africans Sipho Mawela and Abigail Williams – who lived through the apartheid era – believe the country’s citizens have a lot to celebrate.
“It’s good to be free and to be alive in the new South Africa where we live with harmony and freely. We have the right to start businesses and education; everything is free, although our country is not doing so well with it, but everything else is nice. But everything else, I would say, is a disaster: unemployment, crime rate, corruption,” says Mawela.
“To be this free in this South Africa that has this history is a God-given gift,” says Williams.
VIDEO | Bloemfontein residents reflect on Freedom:
