The year 1994 is widely considered as the year South Africa finally delivered freedom to the black and African majority after centuries of oppression under colonial and apartheid regimes. However, South African society remains deeply violent and the trauma of the past remains evident in the present situation in the country. Nomfundo Mogapi, Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation argues that South Africa is a wounded nation and until and unless it grapples with the psychosocial effects of apartheid, freedom will remain elusive.