Housing rights group Abahlali baseMjondolo hosts 'UnFreedom Day' in Soweto

JOHANNESBURG - While South Africans mark Freedom Day on Sunday, housing rights group Abahlali baseMjondolo has decided to use the occasion to highlight stark inequality and the struggles of the country's poor citizens.

The movement is hosting an "UnFreedom Day" rally in Braamfischervill in Soweto, where members will gather to discuss issues including unemployment, housing and a lack of basic services. 

Freedom Day commemorates South Africa's first democratic elections, held on 27 April 1994. 

But the group's Luyanda Futshane says true freedom is still out of reach for many of the country's citizens. 

"How can we be free if we are landless, we are homeless? The situation is we have been made poor, but after 21 years of so-called freedom, it’s called fake freedom because it’s for elite people."