EDITORIAL: Feast and reflect
Beyond Geek salads, butternut and steamed carrots, Independence Day should serve as a stark reminder of our country’s fight against racist tyranny, and why our leaders should concern themselves with more than just winning and control.
While munching on that ‘contaminated’ beef from the north at Outapi on Tuesday, let’s go back to the original ideals of freedom and independence – long before Range Rovers and luxury mansions annihilated our Ubuntu spirit.
Our very revolution, which is rooted in the days of resistance against imperial Germany’s invasion until successive generations brought it to its logical and victorious conclusion in 1990, was anchored in the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others.
On Tuesday, we must feast and reflect. Songs of freedom mean nothing if we are far removed from the ideals for which they were composed and rehearsed.
While savouring game stew, remember the meaning of our flag, and internalise the wording of our coat of arms. Unity, liberty and justice are not just hot wind. They are a call to action which must define our society.
The power to shape the country we want to live in and mould a society in which all of its inhabitants have a sense of belonging is no longer in alien, foreign hands. We must make our own bed and lie in it.
While munching on that ‘contaminated’ beef from the north at Outapi on Tuesday, let’s go back to the original ideals of freedom and independence – long before Range Rovers and luxury mansions annihilated our Ubuntu spirit.
Our very revolution, which is rooted in the days of resistance against imperial Germany’s invasion until successive generations brought it to its logical and victorious conclusion in 1990, was anchored in the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others.
On Tuesday, we must feast and reflect. Songs of freedom mean nothing if we are far removed from the ideals for which they were composed and rehearsed.
While savouring game stew, remember the meaning of our flag, and internalise the wording of our coat of arms. Unity, liberty and justice are not just hot wind. They are a call to action which must define our society.
The power to shape the country we want to live in and mould a society in which all of its inhabitants have a sense of belonging is no longer in alien, foreign hands. We must make our own bed and lie in it.
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