Tutu asks South Africa to focus more on what is good MyZA

South Africans focus too intensely on what is bad, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday. Photo: Sapa

South Africans focus too intensely on what is wrong and negative, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said yesterday.

“Yes, the state of our political firmament, and the lawlessness, cannot be ignored,” he said in a speech prepared for delivery at Lead SA’s third anniversary.

“But my heart soared on Saturday where we witnessed ecstatic Bafana Bafana supporters giving the Springboks such a rousing welcome. And the Springboks bore the word, ‘unite’ on their sleeves.”

Anyone who imagined this scene in the 1980s would have been accused of hallucinating, if not terrorism, and would have been taken to an asylum or prison, Tutu said.

South Africans knew better than anyone else what power sport had to bring people together.

Bafana Bafana and the Spingboks participated in a inaugural Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day at FNB Stadium in Soweto at the weekend.

Tutu lauded Lead SA for the good work it had done.

“Lead SA is the kind of initiative that helps to sustainably tease out the good that resides in us all.” – Sapa

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