Foundation concerned about plight of
non-nationals:
We have a common
humanity to share

June 29, 2010 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation is
concerned about rumours surfacing that there are negative sentiments
arising towards non-nationals in South Africa.

We have seen South Africans unite around a common support for African
teams during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. We hope that this will lead to
greater appreciation by South Africans of our place on this continent and
that we will show greater solidarity with non-nationals. We have a common
humanity to share and in many ways a common economic and social destiny
and our Constitution guarantees the rights of all people in South
Africa.

As Nelson Mandela once said:

“We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims to
the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it
was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid
regime that the economic development of our neighbours was
undermined.”

The Nelson Mandela Foundation, through its Dialogue Programme, has
since 2009, conducted a series of community conversations throughout South
Africa to raise awareness about the rights of all people living in South
Africa; to empower communities to find peaceful means of problem-solving
and to ensure that community issues are brought to the attention of
policy-makers.

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