Former President Thabo Mbeki says SA has a national sickness in its politics, economy, and social and national cohesion. This illness - which has led to a general and destructive crisis in the country, according to the former statesman - can be healed only when “the people” speak out freely to help determine their destiny. Mbeki said on Friday that the Constitution should occupy a special place in the planned national dialogue to discuss the country’s future. "It was the express view of the people as a whole that ours be a constitutional democracy‚" Mbeki said. "It means that anybody or institution which acts in violation of any provisions of the Constitution is repudiating the will of the people." He was speaking at an event convened by the National Foundations Dialogue Initiative (NFDI) to discuss the future of the country. The initiative consists of eight foundations, being those of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe‚ FW de Klerk‚ Thabo Mbeki‚ Helen Suzman‚ Desmond and Leah Tutu‚ Umlambo‚ ...
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