{"id":22088,"date":"2013-08-23T01:43:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/tutu-asks-south-africa-to-focus-more-on-what-is-good\/"},"modified":"2013-08-23T01:43:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T23:43:18","slug":"tutu-asks-south-africa-to-focus-more-on-what-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tutu-asks-south-africa-to-focus-more-on-what-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutu asks South Africa to focus more on what is good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=14329\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14329  \" alt=\"South Africans focus too intensely on what is bad, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday. Photo: Sapa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d804a_Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-5.47.24-AM_0.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Africans focus too intensely on what is bad, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday. Photo: Sapa<\/p>\n<p>South Africans focus too intensely on what is wrong and negative, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the state of our political firmament, and the lawlessness, cannot be ignored,\u201d he said in a speech prepared for delivery at Lead SA\u2019s third anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut 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, \u2018unite\u2019 on their sleeves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans knew better than anyone else what power sport had to bring people together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bafana Bafana and the Spingboks participated in a inaugural Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day<\/a> at FNB Stadium in Soweto at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu lauded Lead SA for the good work it had done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLead SA is the kind of initiative that helps to sustainably tease out the good that resides in us all.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sapa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day\u00a0news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/nelson-mandela-sport-culture-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/igesund-expects-tight-game-between-bafana-and-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d804a_193263826_80_804.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/igesund-expects-tight-game-between-bafana-and-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\">Igesund expects tight game between Bafana and Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d804a_194289422_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mbalula urges South Africans to support Mandela Sports and Culture Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bafana-win-over-burkina-faso-delights-coach-igesund\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d804a_195005089_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bafana-win-over-burkina-faso-delights-coach-igesund\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bafana win over Burkina Faso delights coach Igesund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/8d24b_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans focus too intensely on what is bad, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday. 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