Former President Thabo Mbeki’s call for national dialogue has a long history of calls from leaders arguing for understanding, discussion and actions that will create not only a nonracial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa but also a united country.
The writers said how do we address hunger, homelessness, etc and that we ensure there are life-long learning, recreation and other opportunities making everyone truly happy? Picture: Armand Hough
Now that President Ramaphosa and other leaders, inside and outside the Government of National Unity have supported that call by President Mbeki for national dialogue, it is incumbent for all of us to ensure these are not talks in fancy places, but action across the length and breadth of our country and across the world.
These conversations require two-way honest engagements to both understand each other and find solutions at least to the complex challenges posed by unemployment, poverty and inequality. Lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law:Build a united and democratic South Africa able to take its rightful place as a sovereign state in the family of nations:
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