Si vis pacem, para bellum/Umhambi akadinwa zinduku/Fight for peace, prepare for war
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| Zero tolerance for hate |
We cannot allow
superficial differences to develop amongst us, the people of this land, South
Africa. We can respect one another’s
cultures, but not differences in skin colour, class, political differences or
cliques in our ranks. We must educate
ourselves. We must prepare ourselves and
prepare the way to a united nation. We must conduct ourselves as though we have
already won this ideal. We need to be
obedient to the needs and principles of our Constitution.
We must love peace, but we must do so bravely and courageously. We cannot allow the violence of others to detract us from our drive to achieve the goal of a united nation. There will be those who want to destroy us, who will try to stop our movement toward true reconciliation and peace. They will argue with us and not always treat us fairly, sometimes with the willing compliance of state authority. We will have to learn to accept some injustices aimed at us, without ever giving up. Regardless of whatever we create and what we do, we shall pass away, but our children and our children’s children will be left with the vacuum we caused because we did not stand up.
We must love peace, but we must do so bravely and courageously. We cannot allow the violence of others to detract us from our drive to achieve the goal of a united nation. There will be those who want to destroy us, who will try to stop our movement toward true reconciliation and peace. They will argue with us and not always treat us fairly, sometimes with the willing compliance of state authority. We will have to learn to accept some injustices aimed at us, without ever giving up. Regardless of whatever we create and what we do, we shall pass away, but our children and our children’s children will be left with the vacuum we caused because we did not stand up.
Our legacy must be the end of hate and racism
and the beginning of a new dawn where people are accountable. This will be our precious mission. Si vis
pacem, para bellum. Umhambi akadinwa zinduku. Fight for peace - prepare for war. It cannot be otherwise, because we are flesh
from our flesh, blood from our blood and our very minds are filled with the
same spirit which dominates us all! No
longer will we allow or wait for political parties to do things for us. We, the people, need to do it for ourselves. We need to make people that we voted into
power accountable to us, the people. How
dare they enrich themselves by stirring up hatred between the races so that the
money goes into their bank accounts and not into the pockets of the people!
We will fight for peace, but prepare for battle.
We will fight for peace, but prepare for battle.
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