Democratic Alliance heeds the call on Madiba Day
On Friday, July 18 thousands of South Africans dedicated 67 minutes ( in some case, more than that) in service to various sectors of the community, predominantly those in need, the ill, disabled, elderly, orphaned, in this way heeding the late Nelson Mandela’s call to serve those less fortunate.
Democratic Alliance councillors and activists of eMalahleni volunteered their services to the White Rose Hospice in Jellicoe Street, which, for many years, has offered an invaluable service to the ill, disabled and dying, relying on the funds and goodwill of the public and big business.
The DA tackled all required jobs with gusto and a great spirit of working together and achieving results. No job was too big or too small from packing cupboards, attending to patients, to rescuing goldfish from a pond which needed a good clean a task which the younger ‘activists’ really enjoyed.
The DA also provided some provisions and cleaning materials and would like to thank a supermarket chain, who wishes to remain anonymous, for adding to these necessities.
The burning question however is: is 67 minutes per year enough when our town and country has so many people, so many institutions with so many needs and so few willing hands? We need to live up to the ideal of ‘Ubuntu’ and not idealise something which should be put into practice.
The deepest desire of the DA is to take the notion of ‘Ubuntu’ and allow it to reach into the homes of the people through fostering good relationships, communicating with all South Africans and, as far as possible, making the rainbow nation, truly, a nation which is admired, respected and emulated throughout Africa and the world.
