Freedom

It's Freedom Day today in South Africa which means that it is the Day of Celebrating the end of Apartheid and the day that Nelson Mandela became President.

Now what better thing to celebrate than that?

I know so little about world politics or history really, which is kind of embarrassing. But I know what freedom is and I am so so glad the people have it.

Freedom sings and cries and roars

And a tear is shed.

So much about this place is extreme. The inequality, the weather, the love and hate, the inequality, the diversity of the people.

But then who has more - the person living in the big house crying themself to sleep each night with loneliness and locking the cage to the bedroom door for fear of being killed in their own home. Or - the hungry kid, living in a wooden shack, sitting on his Granny's knee before bed?

Anyway, here's to freedom. Because we are so damn lucky to have it.