Last week, Futurelect, an organisation led by the powerful duo of Lindiwe Mazibuko and Dr Sithembile Mbete, presented its civic education programme before a group of 30 organisations and activists. Among those present were the Black Sash, the Constitution Hill Trust, Defend Our Democracy, the N.
There was a jubilant and reflective atmosphere at the 40th-anniversary commemoration of the United Democratic Front, with calls for active citizenry and community mobilisation.
Whether we continue to blame the Constitution without exhausting its potency or seize the freedoms it provides is our choice. Many among us did not create the mess we are in, but it is our mess now and, if we do not fix it, it will fix our fate.
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