Google joined South Africa in commemorating Freedom
Day with a doodle. Friday, 27 April 2018¡¦s doodle
on the search engine¡¦s website displayed the South
African flag waving in honour of the country¡¦s first
democratic elections held on 27 April 1994.
Google describes doodles as fun and sometimes
spontaneous changes that are made to its logo to
celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of
famous artists, among others.
This year marks the 24th anniversary of democracy. On 27
April 1994, almost 20 million South Africans queued to
vote in the country's first free and democratic
elections.
Freedom Day, which is a public holiday, is marked
annually and reflects on the achievements that the
country has recorded since 1994.
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