16 December marks a day in this nation’s history where we celebrate and foster greater unity amongst our people and focus nation building. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) therefore marks this day with all South Africans in the spirit of our South Africanism in celebration of nationhood and unity. The UDM agrees with the sentiment that reconciliation is also about each person taking the responsibility to fight racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Most South Africans, despite their differences, generally agree about their national identity, express pride in and express the desirability of South Africa being a united nation comprised of different groups. The majority of South Africans have found a peaceable way of living their daily lives in harmony with each other.