CHILD WELFARE SOUTH AFRICA and the KZN Provincial Board of Child Welfare South Africa call on all South African citizens to condemn the recent xenophobic attacks that have gripped our Province and the country and to support the victims of this brutality.
Our country, South Africa, introduced Ubuntu to the world and was an example of peaceful transition from the brutal apartheid regime to a Peaceful Democratic South Africa. We showed the world that the impossible was possible with the late Nelson Mandela, our Father of the Nation and an icon of peace, reconciliation and tolerance.
Where violence and brutality prevail, the most vulnerable sector of our communities, our women and children, suffer the most. All children have the right to live in peace, in love in comfort and in safety.
Child Welfare South Africa and all its affiliates in the nine provinces are committed to protect our children irrespective of race, creed, religious belief or nationality.
Our 44 affiliates around the Province have been requested to provide assistance where needed and to rally communities to support those who have been affected by the xenophobic attacks and violence.
We, as a people, owe it to all the children in South Africa to ensure they can grow up in country where reconciliation, tolerance, peace and love prevail.
We call on our leaders across the spectrum both political and community to stand up and declare that the acts of Xenophobia cannot and will not be tolerated and to take action to stop these senseless acts of brutality.
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela in the Long Walk to Freedom.
