SA has overcome the unthinkable before, and we can do it again

We must acknowledge complicity in creating this violent democracy and take responsibility for transforming it.

How did we get here? How did the dream of 1994 become so haunting for most people who live in South Africa?As South Africa began to emerge, finally, from the long nightmare of colonialism and apartheid, the country’s new leaders were faced with a singular challenge. It was a dual challenge, a mountain to climb, which needed to be front and centre of both the public agenda and implementation strategies.Numerous special instruments for reparation, restitution and reconciliation were put in place, ranging from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the BEE programme; from the land restitution process to the special pensions programme; from a broad land reform strategy to employment equity instruments.

We experience, on a continuing basis, the structural violence of a society which has failed to transform. Over several years, this small township has seen progress in addressing the challenges of crime, domestic violence, corporal punishment, substance abuse, absent fathers, the school dropout rate, unemployment and so on through an initiative involving community leaders, civil society, government and the private sector.

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