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born-free

noun

  1. (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
  2. (in Zimbabwe) a person who was born or grew up after the end of White minority rule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He says that despite the progress made over the past 30 years, many of the "born-free generation" - South Africans born after 1994 - have inherited the cycle.

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Ayanda Hlekwane, one of South Africa's "born-free" generation, meaning he was born after 1994, said despite having three degrees he still doesn't have a job.

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Ms. Gada, 22, is part of the “born-free” generation of black South Africans who came of age after apartheid’s fall.

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Tshegofatso Zitha, 21, an electrical engineering student, is a “born-free,” as black South Africans born after the end of apartheid are called.

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The “born-free generation” – unburdened by memory of apartheid or loyalty to the “rainbow nation” settlement – asked if Mandela had sold out and whether a civil war would have been a price worth paying after all.

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