An open letter to Ukraine’s ambassador in South Africa: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is wanton disregard for human life but South Africa too is experiencing a humanitarian crisis
for civilian deaths in Ukraine). South Africans can take little comfort in the fact that this represents the lowest number of homicides in the past four years. The unconscionable crime of rape continues to be a moral blight on our land, with more than 36 000 reported incidents in 2020 . One shudders to think how many thousands more go unreported.
Though South Africa has not been the victim of an illegal war on its soil our humanitarian crisis is, in many ways, no less severe. A notable difference between the suffering of your people and mine is that our pain is, regrettably, not televised on the world stage. Tragically, this is a reality which many in the developing world have had to become accustomed to.
It is with these stark realities in mind that I believe the interest of South Africans, in particular those that are most vulnerable, would be best served by our ministers devoting every second of their day and every ounce of their strength towards alleviating the massive amounts of suffering in South Africa.
It is my sincere hope that you do not construe my words as indifference, or a veiled attempt at fanning the flames of nationalism. Had South Africa’s fate been different, I would similarly advocate that it is our moral imperative to do whatever is possible to prevent the human suffering in Ukraine. Unfortunately, that is not the hand which we have been dealt.
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