-
Late former South African president Nelson Mandela greets residents of Mmabatho March 15, 1994.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation says government’s failure to deliver basic services is a betrayal of Madiba’s legacy.
On International Mandela Day, the foundation has highlighted South Africa’s challenges, which it says are jeopardising its development and stability.
They range from widespread corruption to high unemployment, deteriorating infrastructure and crime.
The foundation has called on citizens, organisations and the international community to champion justice on this Mandela Day.
The foundation’s Professor Verne Harris says, “Madiba’s legacy is being betrayed by terrible failures of leadership, such as failures of service delivery. And so for us, Mandela Day is a small part of a much bigger strategy to contribute to realizing the country of his dream. We’re doing certain things globally as well. I think many of the challenges that South Africans think are unique to South African are actually global challenges.”
The audio file below reports more on the story:
