Mandela's great-grandchild, Luvuyo Madasa, called for more humanity in our engagements with each other.
Mandela’s great-grandchild, Luvuyo Madasa, called for more humanity in our engagements with each other.
Acclaimed advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi said Covid-19 had impacted South Africa in an unequal manner, affecting the poor and elderly disproportionately. “It is time we recognise this both as a country and as the world, but we also have to recognise that race in South Africa looms large in the story.”“This, of course, is a function of the past – we inherited an economy designed to maintain white economic privilege – an apartheid economy [which] continues to define access to healthcare services.”“We as individuals must also do more, it is time that we develop compassion, solidarity and ubuntu.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that our lauded solutions are unfortunately inadequate in dealing with the root causes of poverty, deprivation, separation and all the other human oppressions that come with us choosing not to do enough,” Madasa said.
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