South Africa Ramaphosa's Stunning Speech
December 6 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
"This country risks being diverted from the path it has chosen," Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's deputy president, said at a ceremony marking the 20 years of Nelson Mandela's signing of the country's constitution, and three years of Mandiba's passage as a great leader, according reports by News24
However, the deputy president said that the country has done much to push back the frontiers of poverty and to meet the basic needs of millions of South Africans.
But with a caveat: that there were too many people, who are not enjoying the rights enshrined in the constitution, including those who go hungry, children who did not complete school and people who don't have work.
'We knew there are many more hills still to climb," Ramaphosa said,echoing Mandiba's speech about climbing a great hill, which a nation's journey philosophically entails. Ramphosa's wwords also echoes the lines in one of Jimmy Cliff's song's, "Many Rivers to Cross."
Has South Africa not been diverted from the it has chosen the day Mandela signed the constitution in the story? Many people have been saying that South Africa is no longer the same country that Mandela left three years ago in term of quality leadership with minimal corruption and global attraction and respect. .
Lately, President Jacob Zuma has under scrutiny and investigations that questions the direction he has been piloting the country and the public questions about possible diversion of the country from the right direction. This has led to questions about the relevance of the African national Congress, the meeting by the party's veterans with President Zuma on how to help the party regain public confidence anf ollowed by call of serving ministers and members of the ANC seeking that Zuma steps down.
Although Ramaphosa did not mention anything about recent questions surrounding Zuma's impecability, his statement that the country risks being diverted from the chosen path resembles an adage that says when fingers are pointed, the thumb turns to the pointer of the fingers.
However, the deputy president said that the country has done much to push back the frontiers of poverty and to meet the basic needs of millions of South Africans.
But with a caveat: that there were too many people, who are not enjoying the rights enshrined in the constitution, including those who go hungry, children who did not complete school and people who don't have work.
'We knew there are many more hills still to climb," Ramaphosa said,echoing Mandiba's speech about climbing a great hill, which a nation's journey philosophically entails. Ramphosa's wwords also echoes the lines in one of Jimmy Cliff's song's, "Many Rivers to Cross."
Has South Africa not been diverted from the it has chosen the day Mandela signed the constitution in the story? Many people have been saying that South Africa is no longer the same country that Mandela left three years ago in term of quality leadership with minimal corruption and global attraction and respect. .
Lately, President Jacob Zuma has under scrutiny and investigations that questions the direction he has been piloting the country and the public questions about possible diversion of the country from the right direction. This has led to questions about the relevance of the African national Congress, the meeting by the party's veterans with President Zuma on how to help the party regain public confidence anf ollowed by call of serving ministers and members of the ANC seeking that Zuma steps down.
Although Ramaphosa did not mention anything about recent questions surrounding Zuma's impecability, his statement that the country risks being diverted from the chosen path resembles an adage that says when fingers are pointed, the thumb turns to the pointer of the fingers.
