By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the nation to reject the politics of dividing the country that is emerging from many parts of the world.
He says South Africans must not allow events happening beyond the country’s shores to turn them against each other.
In his weekly newsletter on Monday, the president reminded the country that as it commemorated the massacre of 69 Sharpeville protesters on Human Rights Day, South Africa was recognised globally for upholding human rights.
Ramaphosa said that since the advent of democracy South Africa has strived to build a society that recognised the injustices of the past while advancing reconciliation and national unity.
He said this was why 21 March was chosen as the occasion to recommit the country to the advancement of human rights for all.
“As South Africans we should, therefore, reject the politics of divisiveness that is emerging in many
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