Calm‚ confident and seemingly unfazed by mounting calls for him to be sacked‚ President Jacob Zuma told thousands of people in Port Elizabeth that South Africa was a deeply scarred nation that needed to heal from its traumatic past.
Delivering the official Reconciliation Day speech – in what was arguably his toughest week in office – Zuma appeared focused.
He said the concept of true reconciliation was “not about being cosy” with each other‚ but confronting economic inequalities.
In his 47-minute speech‚ Zuma made no direct reference to the marches against him in different parts of the country.
Nor did he refer to the dramatic‚ unprecedented week in which South Africa had three finance ministers.
Instead‚ the president announced that following the marches‚ the government had decided to fork out 83% of the R2.3-billion needed to finance universities as a result of the no-fee increase agreed to for next year
Unfazed Zuma forges ahead
Delivering the official Reconciliation Day speech – in what was arguably his toughest week in office – Zuma appeared focused.
He said the concept of true reconciliation was “not about being cosy” with each other‚ but confronting economic inequalities.
In his 47-minute speech‚ Zuma made no direct reference to the marches against him in different parts of the country.
Nor did he refer to the dramatic‚ unprecedented week in which South Africa had three finance ministers.
Instead‚ the president announced that following the marches‚ the government had decided to fork out 83% of the R2.3-billion needed to finance universities as a result of the no-fee increase agreed to for next year
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