President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to focus on nation-building efforts rather than false narratives about the country. Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at the national commemoration of Reconciliation Day at the Ncome Museum in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday. The country commemorated the day amid false claims of a genocide and persecution of Afrikaners propagated by US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Ramaphosa called on South Africans to fight back against such false narratives. “There are those, inside and outside our country, who are trying their utmost to paint a false picture of us as the South African people,” said Ramaphosa. “They do not tell us what the surveys say: that the majority of South Africans are hopeful about the state of our democracy.
They do not tell us that the majority of South Africans believe race relations have improved since 1994. “These people do not show the pictures of African, white, Indian and coloured children learning together, studying together and playing together. “They do not want to talk about the friendships, neighbourliness and kindness shown by black and white towards each other.
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