Alkt can be said about most "public" holidays in South Africa, for the most part, they are more a reminder of the terrible things that have happened in the past than celebration days. Freedom day is no different, it was put there to remind us year after year of South Africa's terrible past. Rather than focusing on our terrible present and what we can do to change it, our government would rather harp on things they got right in the past as to divert our attention from our current circumstances, anyway thats just my opinion on the matter