With the country marking 32 years of democracy, freedom fighter and uMkhonto we Sizwe Liberation War Veteran, Masingita Maakana, has dim view about the country's democratic dispensation. Maakana from Mafarana village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, says political independence hasn't translated into economic freedom. Maakana says the democratic system that the country has adopted in 1994 has drifted from the ideals that he and his comrades fought for. Maakana joined the MK at a young age and was later incorporated into the SANDF in 1994. He believes that political independence does not reflect economic freedom for ordinary South Africans.

Clifford Maringa u burisanile na mulweri wa ntshuxeko xikan'we un'wani wa socha eka khale ka uMkhonto we Sizwe, Masingita Maakana