From White River to Modimolle, SA must stand up against terrorism

Johnathan Paoli

At the recent executive meeting of the Northern Cape branch of the Youth United for Global Peace and Prosperity, the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party provincial Coordinator and former Member of Parliament (MP) Raseriti “Papi” Tau called for South Africans to desist in concentrating on local matters and turn towards a more global agenda.

Speaking on Monday, Tau called for the need for South Africa to play a bigger role at the United Nations, and other multilateral agencies to highlight what he called emerging terrorism threats in Africa.

The Northern Cape chapter of the group held its first meeting in Kimberley under the theme: “Threats posed by terrorism in Africa, the vulnerability of Mali and South Africa’s peace and prosperity”.

Tau said the separatist Tuareg movement of Mali as well as the role of the Islamist movement of al-Queda plays into the existing tensions of ethnicity surrounding the border