South Africans To Show Racism Abhorrence
Deputy
President, Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africans must show the
world the country's abhorrence for racism, discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance.
Mothlanthe made the admonition on Sunday, in an address to mark
the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Sharpville massacre, which saw
the shooting of sixty-nine demonstrators and the wounding of
many others who, were protesting against pass laws of the
apartheid regime.
Commitment
The Deputy President said the anniversary was a time for the
country to show commitment to uphold the Constitution and the
rule of law as a united nation bound together.
He restated the government's undertaking not to ignore the
plight of the poor, the homeless, those who lacked access to
education and those suffering from abuse and neglect.
Motlanthe also called on aggrieved citizens embarking on service
delivery protests to shun violence and destruction of property,
and emulate the people of Sharpville who did not voice their
protests by burning libraries and looting public facilities, but
by marching peacefully to the police stations to hand over their
pass books- the badges of slavery.
The anniversary was marked with the theme “Working together,
we can do more to protect Human Rights''.
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