While the electoral campaign is in full swing, the ruling party, the ANC, took advantage of the Eid ceremonies to meet Muslim populations and defend its positions regarding the situation in Gaza. While President Cyril Ramaphosa was at a ceremony in Pretoria, his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Naledi Pandor, of Muslim faith, was in the Brixton district of Johannesburg.
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With our correspondent in Johannesburg, Claire Bargelès
In front of several hundred Muslims who came to pray in the open air, Naledi Pandor took the opportunity of this Eid holiday to once again defend the foreign policy of his party, the ANC, and call into question the world order. “ The war and the revelation of Israel’s genocidal intentions, as well as the failures of the United Nations, have shown us all that the world has reached an even lower level in terms of respect for justice and human rights. »
What emerges from all these events is that we also have the opportunity to reform, actively and for good, the United Nations, so that at the level of the Security Council, there is more representativeness, and to make the UN more powerful, with concrete means, to better protect the innocent in future conflicts.
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And she was not alone in carrying this message, since the Christian cleric Frank Chikane, a former fighter against apartheid, also came to recall the solidarity which unites the two peoples. “ We are going to host a global anti-apartheid conference, from May 10 to 12, so that we can organize ourselves and push the whole world to take a stand. »
Words that resonate with Mohammad, from the generation that knew apartheid : “ I am very proud to be South African, that we are present, that we want to end apartheid there, and we know how to do it. It’s a sad day for them, and for us. »
South Africa hopes that more and more countries will join its camp, to plead before the International Court of Justice, like Colombia or Nicaragua.
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