At a Cape Town event to mark the first anniversary of the war in Europe, Trevor Tutu asked whether South Africans were oblivious to the fact that Ukrainians were ‘fighting for our freedom’. A Ukrainian representative responded that South Africans had been inspired by Ukraine’s current fight for.
Now is the time to develop the relationship between Ukraine and African countries, says Zhan Beleniuk, a Ukrainian MP and Olympic gold medallist. He called on South Africa to join the international coalition condemning Russia.
A wall at the new Archbishop Desmond Tutu exhibition is inscribed with the names of more than 19,000 known victims of apartheid, as recorded in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.
Last week an unusual gathering took place in the remains of the old chapel at the Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre in Roodepoort, Johannesburg. The meeting may have been understated and out of sight, but to those present it felt like history was being brought back to life.