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IFP Chief Whip Nhlanhla Hadebe.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says efforts to move reconciliation forward in South Africa have failed as millions of residents are still excluded from the country’s economic and social gains.
This as the country commemorates Reconciliation Day at Ncome Museum in the uMzinyathi District in KwaZulu-Natal, where President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address.
IFP Chief Whip Nhlanhla Hadebe says persistent inequality, unemployment and corruption are continuing to undermine national unity.
He has called for ethical leadership, accountability and a state that delivers basic services to its people.
“Reconciliation can’t remain symbolic. For many South Africans, especially the poor and the marginalised, it has not yet translated into full economic inclusion, social cohesion or equal opportunity. Persistent inequality, unemployment, crime and corruption continue to undermine national unity. One of our key shortcomings has been confusing political settlement with social healing. Through reconciliation requires ethical leadership, accountability and a state that delivers for its people,” says Hadebe. – Reporting by Mkhokheli Bandla.
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