PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to unite and rebuild the country following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic on society and the economy.
He was speaking during the Heritage Day celebrations hosted by the Western Cape provincial government.
“As South Africans, let us unite to rebuild this beautiful country. Let us get on with the task of recovery from this pandemic. To do so, let us find one another again and unite, as we have so many times in the past. Our unity in our diversity is the most valuable feature of our common heritage,” the President said.
President Ramaphosa acknowledged that structural challenges still stand in the way of bridging divisions between South Africans.
“One of our greatest tasks as a nation is to heal the divisions of the past. We will never be a truly united nation until we overcome the poverty, inequality, underdevelopment and
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