South Africans are anxious, worried and uncertain, frustrated and powerless - but they are resilient.
South Africans are anxious, worried and uncertain, frustrated and powerless — but they are resilient.
This was the message from President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday. He was speaking at Cape Town's St George's Cathedral's virtual Good Friday service. He said the Easter weekend was “one of hope, of recovery, of triumph and of rebirth”, despite the current challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the associated national lockdown.Many of us are anxious about our health and the health of our children. We worry how we will be able to make ends meet or if we will have jobs to go back to. The poorest of the poor worry where their next meal will come from.
“Our young people are unsure that they will be able to finish their studies or graduate. Business owners are counting the cost of the closures and what it will mean for them and those who depend on them to earn a living.“But we South Africans are a resilient people. We endured the worst excesses of a dark past and were able to emerge, united and strong. The virtues of courage, of optimism and of compassion carried us along the path to freedom, and they are what sustain us today,” he said.
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