2024 is an awakening for everyone to understand their power and privilege, and leverage that to serve those who are underprivileged and every turn, writes Tebogo Moalusi.
#2024isour1994 must reawaken our resolve to build a safe, just, and equal society, writes the author.2024 is an awakening for everyone to understand their power and privilege, and leverage that to serve those who are underprivileged and every turn, writesI was born in July 1984, on a cold winters' morning, at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, located in Soweto. The hospital is the largest hospital in Africa and the third largest hospital in the world.
In 1994, I was 10 years old, living in Fourways with my family. Interestingly, while seeking a better life, leaving Soweto to live in the suburbs disconnected me and us from that sense of community inherent in township life. The life and rituals of playing in the street with friends were no longer available. Here we were all, strangers getting on with life. It is here that I first experienced prejudice, racism and being psychologically unsafe.
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to attend excellent schools, universities and work in leading companies at the highest levels. I have cut my teeth at starting and running my own successful and failed businesses. Like most state institutions, our beloved Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is a ghost of its former self yet carrying the name of one of the most iconic leaders of our lifetime. Recently, the cholera death toll in South Africa has risen to 32 due to lack of access to quality drinking water. The quality of education is poor, while we live in the most unequal and violent country in the world.
“To whom much is given, much will be required” . For me the journey ahead is about justice. Justice is about the leveraging our collective power to equalise the Balance of Privileged.
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