South Africans have a duty to defend and protect the rights of all citizens to achieve the dream of 1994, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said on Saturday.
Speaking at the DA 2019 elections Western Cape manifesto launch rally in Bellville, Cape Town, he said he was immensely proud to stand before a “diverse, beautiful bunch of South Africans”, and “see the power of diversity, and the power of what happens when we come together around shared values and build our towns, cities, provinces, and our nation”.
“Our constitutional flag reminds of the words of a great servant of nation and of this province, Archbishop Desmond Tutu that we are indeed a rainbow nation. A nation of many races, cultures, languages – a nation rich in diversity. You see, the unique beauty of diversity is that you don’t have to surrender who are you to ‘fit in’ or to assimilate. I want to affirm this value in both our party and our nation, and to ensure our rights are always be protected.
“For example, the Western Cape has more households with at least one job than any other province. In SA, 20 percent of households have no job at all. But here in the Western Cape, it is only nine percent of households,” he said.
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