SA drifting from its Constitution, says Prof Ndebele
PROFESSOR Njabulo Ndebele, a former University of Cape Town vice-chancellor and author, has portrayed South Africa as a country lost in a frenzy of self-enrichment and drifting far from its constitutional objectives.
Delivering a memorial lecture for Sister Aidan Quinlan on the 60th anniversary of her death at the East London City Hall on Friday, Ndebele called on people to rise above party politics and not be used by politicians who wanted to remain in power at the communities' expense.
"Have we turned into instruments of other people? There is a danger of putting ourselves in their hands.
"It is national suicide. We kill ourselves out of blind loyalty," Ndebele said.
He said agreeing to be used by politicians was similar to what was done by people who participated in the killing of Sister Quinlan in that they knew what they were doing was wrong but did not want to be seen as being against it.
The Irish nun and medical doctor who was a pillar of the St Peter Claver Convent Catholic Church, was burned to death in her car after being attacked by an angry mob in Duncan Village in 1952.
Some rogue elements in the community turned on her during anti-apartheid unrest.
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cornelius
Bravo Prof Ndebele , pity that your voice gets lost in the cess pit of corruption and self interest that is the ANC governemnt.Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Have we turned into instruments of other people? There is a danger of putting ourselves in their hands."It is national suicide. We kill ourselves out of blind loyalty," Ndebele said.
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So true Professor Nedeble,,,,,,,,,,,,,, blind loyalty from the masses has taken the country down the drain all in the name of tenderprenuership, cadre deployment.............
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Tasto_
"It is national suicide. We kill ourselves out of blind loyalty,"No Professor when we are critical we accused of being NEGATIVE some are called "Clever Blacks" ther is also aonther term churned out "middle class morality" whateva it means!!
PS - We have prez as leader of MoralRegeneration its a pity it was not specified which morality he leads!!
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TLekota
@Tasto, true to that the leader of the moral generation compromised the country. Do you that this year's grade 7 history paper there was a Question. Who accepted size 7 shoes from the world known druglord (trafficker)?Report Abuse
!#Sinudeity#!
Funny all the blackmail that the ANC uses to keep its puppets voting for them:- Your ancestors will haunt you
- If you dont vote ANC, you are a coconut/clever black
- The DA will bring apartheid back etc.
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TLekota
ANC had been corrupt since the days of exile, they were still living on handouts and stipends. So what do you expect. Vote them more and more until jesus come back. There is no alternative. Who bankrupted Land Bank, the president of youth leaque has bodyguards, for what. Till you raise like libyans maybe things will be better. At the moment just accept when told how cruel apartheid was.Report Abuse
TrapStar
Keep on talking, the next thing we going to do is to read about your memorial service. We do see what they are doing but not only do they spend our money on useless things but they also hire Hitman on us who talkReport Abuse
!#Sinudeity#!
In the US, the head of the CIA RESIGNED for having an affair...Here in South Africa, its the African way.
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MasheleJ
Big surprise, eh!What did y'all think was gonna be the result of the endemic corruption since the early 90's.
Those who now oppose it were thrown off the gravy train so it sounds like sour grapes to me!
The quality of our leadership is gonna deteriorate even further 'till we, like the Russians, live under a dictatorship cloaked behind a toothless Constitution.
History shows that nations always get the government which they deserve and we, here in South Africa, are continuing with all the hated apartheid regime traditions.
the 'plane to Oz leaves daily from OR Tampo...
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skwamasamabele
Prof. Ndebele is right. the drift away from the Constitution should be branded a National Crime against the people who voted in good faith and now the Govt is s**tting on them from a great height. The only problem in SA is there is no alternative to the ANC, thats what the majority feels like, vote DA and we are f**ked, vote IFP and we are all extinct, COPE is a toothless tiger. No party in SA can offer a cast-iron alternative to the ANC. So, solution would be to get rid of the current leadership and replace it with a new leadership, this time alter the Constitution and add: ELECTION WITH RIGHT TO RECALL, and recall every muppet who thinks our country owes them a b**w-job, by stealing our money, and throw them in jailReport Abuse
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