We have had to ask ourselves who are we as a people, says president at Heritage Day event
President Cyril Ramaphosa . Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/THAPELO MOREBUDI
The protests started out as a show of force by Jacob Zuma’s supporters after the former president was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court for defying a Constitutional Court order to appear at the Zondo commission to answer to allegations of state capture during his presidency. “Our belief in ourselves as a united nation was shaken. We saw people destroying the very country we are trying to build. In the aftermath of the violence, we have had to ask ourselves, who are we as a people? What is it that defines our national character? What is it that defines our identity? What do we stand for?
“We have been trying to get on with our lives in the midst of a deadly pandemic, we have been slowly rebuilding our economy and we have seen the promising green shoots of recovery.
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