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Allan Boesak speaking at the Institute of Advanced Studies of Culture at UVA.
Anti-apartheid activist, Dr Allan Boesak says crime, gang violence, extortion, poor living conditions, poverty and corruption continue to disadvantage ordinary South Africans.
He was speaking at the launch of “A New Freedom Campaign” at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, where various faith leaders have committed to fight for the fundamental rights of all people.
This comes as the country marks Freedom Day. Boesak says the persistent gap between the wealthy and the poor reflects a deeper moral crisis in the country, and he is calling for urgent accountability from those in power.
“When I read in this country we now have 13 780 milllionaires, but the thing is, the thing is they are not businessmen or who call themselves, they are all civil servants. Now how in God’s name do you become a millionaire as a civil servant who signs papers? But its because of those papers that you have to sign and you know who to sign it for, that how you become a millionaire, and what is coming out of those commissions, and especially Madlanga, is only the tip of the iceberg, its been too long, its been too long, our people have suffered too long.”
