Anti-apartheid activist Dr Allan Boesak warned that crime, poverty and corruption continue to plague South Africans, at the launch of the 'A New Freedom Campaign' in Cape Town on Freedom Day.
Dr Allan Boesak, anti-apartheid activist, spoke at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town for the launch of “A New Freedom Campaign”. Various faith leaders committed to fighting for the fundamental rights of all people. The event coincided with Freedom Day observances across the country.
Boesak highlighted how crime, gang violence, extortion, poor living conditions, poverty and corruption continue to disadvantage ordinary South Africans. He said the persistent gap between the wealthy and the poor reflects a deeper moral crisis in the country, calling for urgent accountability from those in power.
“When I read in this country we now have 13 780 milllionaires, but the thing is, the thing is they are not businessmen or who call themselves, they are all civil servants. Now how in God’s name do you become a millionaire as a civil servant who signs papers? But its because of those papers that you have to sign and you know who to sign it for, that how you become a millionaire, and what is coming out of those commissions, and especially Madlanga, is only the tip of the iceberg, its been too long, its been too long, our people have suffered too long.”