Part of the work that we are doing is aimed at addressing precisely what I call fault lines. They are fault lines that manifest themselves through racism and even tribalism. During the course of these events we also saw the ugly face of tribalism rearing itself, and as you correctly say hon Dangor, there were a number of people that died. Most of them were South Africans, while only two foreign nationals died, which we are truly sad about because there should never really be any loss of life. Violence that results in the injury of persons and the loss of life can never really be justified. It is for this reason that we are insisting that there needs to be more tolerance and there needs to be more understanding, and we need to be promoting the values that are enshrined in our Constitution; those of nonracism, even nonsexism and nontribalism. There should never be any form of prejudice that will be exercised or perpetrated against others.
It is for this reason that we are embarking on a process, a campaign really, of engaging all and sundry; as I said religious organisations and a number of political organisations as well, so
that we are all at one in as far as condemning violence, condemning intolerance, and promoting more and more that as South Africans we should be embracing one another. Indeed, we should also embrace foreign nationals.
What we are also saying is that ... and this was so clearly and well articulated during my meeting with President Buhari because he said that he calls upon those from other lands, that when they come to South Africa they must obey the laws of the country, and similarly we say South Africans must also obey the laws of our country. If we can all commit ourselves to doing that then everything becomes a lot easier. It basically means that if you're a trader you should trade within the parameters of the laws of South Africa. You should not be an illegal trader. If, for instance you obtained a visa to come into the country, you should not suddenly just melt away and run away from the authorities in complete disregard of the laws of the country.
So, the rule of law is therefore important. It's another important aspect that we would like everyone to adhere to. We want to inculcate this as much as we possibly can and spread a message to all our people, including those from other lands, to observe and abide by the rule of law. If we do that, we are also in a greater
position of promoting the values of nonracialism, nonsexism, nontribalism and also nonregionalism, because regionalism also ... [Inaudible.] So, we want all those very negative attributes to be obliterated from the face of South Africa so that South Africans are able to live in peace with themselves but also side by side with those from other foreign countries. Thank you very much. [Applause.]