KGALEMA MOTLANTHE: Time to kick-start the new dawn
'It is vital that a level of consensus be arrived at to stabilise and shift the country on the path towards the attainment of our democratic goals'
The inaugurations of new historical epochs do not reveal themselves with sharp clarity in their immediate moment. Rather, they require unrelenting fidelity to the "newness" they purport to occasion. In his first state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa remarked that this moment in South Africa's history signifies a "new dawn": in the wake of a challenging stretch of recent history that has been marred by unscrupulous actions across sectors of our society, we need to bring forth a renewed period of hopefulness.
This year, 2018, has thus far been characterised by the seemingly unremitting intersection of loss and legacy. As icons of our struggle pass on, we pay tribute to the twinned centenaries of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu, confronted with a present that is in complex conversation with the dreams and visions of the past. Standing removed from the initial hallowed promise of 1994, we are called to reflect on the gains of a democratic South Africa — taking...
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