Celebrate your heritage

Bonginkosi I Ntuli, Executive Secretary Mondlo Community Police Forum, writes:-

UNITY in Diversity. This is the official South African slogan that was introduced in the language of the Khoisan people on our new coat of arms.

It tells us that all South African are connected, no matter who you are or where you come from, or what language you speak. Our different races, cultures, languages and traditions combine to beautify our country, just like flowers with different colours in the flower garden.

On September 24 each year, every South African is encouraged to celebrate his or her culture and traditions. It is a day that our beloved former President, Dr Nelson Mandela, set aside for us to remember who we are, and to teach our children where they come from.

Let us all learn to be like crayons. Although they are of different colours, they peacefully stay in the same box.

Our pledge – “We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know, that South Africa belongs to all who live in it.”

At the end of the day, we were created in the image of God.