The terrible combination of gender-based violence and xenophobia has become an international story. South Africa is trending around Africa and the world, and not in a good way, writesRemember the story of the Chilean miners who were trapped underground? On August 5, 2010, a rockfall at a copper-gold mine in San Jose trapped 33 men 700m beneath the earth's surface. There was little hope of saving them. And yet, 69 days later, they were brought to the surface and reunited with their families.
South Africa, just like the Chilean miners and the Thai soccer team is metaphorically trapped beneath the surface. The atmosphere underground is stifling and there is a frightening sense that we are running out of time. The terrible combination of gender-based violence and xenophobia has become an international story. South Africa is trending around Africa and the world. And not in a good way. It doesn't help that just this week an Israeli tourist was gang-raped in Mpumalanga while visiting the country.
It means having the ability to rise without being embroiled in emotion, to set out a plan, with the confidence of knowing that no plan is perfect. More than that, it requires the ability to identify a common goal that everyone can work towards. Like saving the 69 Chilean miners. Like saving the Thai soccer team. Like saving South Africa.
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