with madiba and appropriately with all those that were in the struggle the mf acknowledges the great strides we have made in the economy but the one area we have to deal with is the whole issue of the economic advancement of the working class and the poor the gap between the rich and the poor is horrible we cannot debate freedom day in our offices and places of bureaucracy we should start debating it in the rural areas in squatter camp settlements and on the street corners where young children who should be at school are begging before we can say we have achieved a lot we have to ask the question what really have we achieved are we spreading the wealth of south africa to the ordinary people are they getting a taste of freedom the mf calls for deep soul searching as the anc celebrates its one hundred year anniversary it’s time to return to the values and systems that the great founding fathers oliver tambo nkosi albert luthuli and nelson mandela stood for true happiness or freedom is when what you say what you do and what you think are in harmony