Kathrada Foundation asks SA for 67 Mandela Day action points 'to fix our democracy'

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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is calling on South Africans to share their thoughts on actions that need to be taken to “fix our democracy” in relation to state reform, in honour of Nelson Mandela.

“Organisations, businesses, workers, state employees, youth and all individuals are encouraged to fill in a short online form, where we’re asking for views on what actions are needed to fix our democracy,” said the foundation’s executive director, Neeshan Bolton.

“There are myriad challenges that we face in our country - from gender-based violence to racism, unemployment and xenophobia - but we thought that this survey should focus very specifically on the state and issues related to governance, capture and corruption, accountability and ethical leadership, among several other key areas,” said Balton.

Bolton argued that if certain parts of SA’s democracy were not “broken”, if the state had not been “captured in the last decade”, and if the people’s interests were always at the heart of governance, the country would have had greater resilience to deal with all other issues.

 

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