as not representing the views of white people and urged South Africans not to waste time on individuals that don’t want to see the country move forward.
In the same year at Senekal in the Free State, farmers stormed the local police station and a courthouse baying for the blood of a black suspect accused of killing farm manager, Brendin Horner. But the former Head of Media and Communications at the TRC Ambassador Lembede urged South Africans not to waste their energy on bigots who don’t want to see the country united.
Lembede continues, “We don’t have a luxury as South Africans to keep on debating on whether we should or should not find each and reconcile as a nation otherwise future generations will not forgive us. The children of our children will spit on our graves for letting them down if we fail now because if we don’t reconcile as South Africans, there is a greater possibility of a civil war in this country.
Party of Black Consciousness leader Steven Bantu Biko said “the country’s long-term reconciliation project will never be realised as long as black people continue to be treated as objects of ridicule.”
Maybe that is what we need. A civil war.
Maybe stop with the demonising and name calling of one group, a popular pastime for politicians and the media. If I remember correctly, that tactic didn't end so well in Rwanda. Yes, there are racist people, weed them out, on all sides and don't paint everyone with the same brush
The problem is not that South Africans cannot and do not want to reconcile, but that there are those who 'invested heavily' during the transition to 'democracy', now they want their ROI. Farms Mines Exports 👀
Racism exists, there are racists in SA, and contrary to popular belief, i believe reconciliationistakingbplace in SA. How did that help prevent the beginnings of a civil war July last year in KZN?
How can people who were never on the same side reconcile without justice for the victimized?
So you have the answer to everything?