{"id":998,"date":"2020-12-16T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=998"},"modified":"2020-12-16T18:43:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:43:05","slug":"sas-reconciliation-project-faces-failure-tutu-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sas-reconciliation-project-faces-failure-tutu-foundation","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s &#8216;Reconciliation Project&#8217; faces failure \u2013 Tutu Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Pretoria &#8211; The Desmond &amp; Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation on Wednesday said the country\u2019s \u2018reconciliation project\u2019 must be led by the state itself or it risks failure.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation, led by Nobel Peace Laureate and retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and wife, said this to observe the country\u2019s Reconciliation Day which falls on every 16 December.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday President Cyril Ramaphosa said that reconciliation could be achieved in South African if the citizenry reached out to one another by learning to speak each other\u2019s languages for easy communication and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation said the president\u2019s suggestion was not the right way to achieve reconciliation for a country still torn apart by racial injustice and socio-economic inequalities 26 years after the end of white minority rule under the segregation policies of apartheid rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state must create the framework and provide the materials for civil society to be able to contribute meaningfully to weaving a compassionate and inclusive fabric of common cause for a united nation,\u201d the foundation said.<\/p>\n<p>It called on the state to urgently rediscover its integrity in the eyes of the people by demonstrating \u201cthe will and capacity to address corruption, maladministration, inadequate service delivery and obscene levels of societal inequality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t, South Africa\u2019s long-term reconciliation project is at risk of failing altogether and, with it, the country\u2019s global reputation as a beacon of hope in a world of division,\u201d the NGO said.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation acknowledged that the challenges that face South Africa could not be underestimated because they were immense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA country defined by its history of colour-coded haves and have-nots, and patriarchy, has &#8212; negligently &#8212; made scant progress in levelling the playing field,\u201d the foundation observed, charging that political interests had so far stood above the interests of the people.<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cMillions of South Africans live in squalor and abject poverty, and just about all of them are black. There has been no freedom dividend for them in terms of the quality of their lives &#8212; and rapid urbanisation has arguably made things harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The body also pointed out that \u201cthe state\u2019s plans to effect land restitution and reforms have proven impossibly slow to implement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result is that the skewed pattern of land ownership inherited from the past remains virtually intact, with the majority of South Africans excluded and the state under increasing pressure to act,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo an economy already on its knees at the beginning of the year, the coronavirus effectively delivered a coup de gr\u00e2ce to any resemblance of recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, to rub salt into these wounds, adding to the daily reminders of integrity failures provided by the Zondo Commission (of Inquiry into State Capture) came revelations that funds set aside to defend South Africans from the coronavirus pandemic had quickly been looted,\u201d the foundation concluded.<\/p>\n<p><b>Agence de Presse Africaine<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Pretoria &#8211; The Desmond &amp; Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation on Wednesday said the country\u2019s \u2018reconciliation project\u2019 must be led by the state itself or it risks failure. 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