South Africans commemorate Freedom Day on Thursday, which marks the first democratic elections held on April 27, 1994.

These were the first post-apartheid national elections to be held in the country where anyone could vote regardless of race.

In this Freedom Day podcast, SABC News producer Lebo Tshangela speaks to the Director of the Women’s Legal Centre, Seehaam Samaai, on how gender-based violence infringes on the freedoms of survivors.

Below is the full podcast: