Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba says South Africans need to be liberated from their instinct to solving problems through violence:
During his Christmas eve sermon on Monday, Makgoba said it was worrisome that South Africans resorted to violence to solve their problems.
“We will not be able to say that the quality of life for ordinary South Africans has been improved by our liberation from oppression until we are also liberated from our instinct to solve problems through violence, whether in schools, in workplaces or in political campaigning,” he said.
Makgoba made reference to the many service delivery protests, strikes and incidents at schools where pupils were fighting each other and attacking teachers.
“And at the same time, as highly contested elections loom next year, we are seeing a spike in threats of violence, as well as the ongoing killings of political opponents in some parts of the country,” he said.
He said he wanted all South Africans to “examine” their behaviours and that of the institutions they worked closely with.
He said while South Africa was “a nation that has grown up believing that outcomes are achieved only through violence”, that needed to be acknowledged but at the same time addressed.
“The flames of darkness associated with violence need to be extinguished forever. We owe no less to the Prince of Peace,” said Makgoba.
He added that while various leaders from government, businesses and organised labour had a significant responsibility to provide moral leadership redefine how people disagreed, the ultimate solution was in the hands of individuals.
“The historical context of the interrelationship between protest and violence does not justify this psyche and behaviour,” Makgoba said.
Makgoba’s words are unintentionally ironic, considering how we’ve been told ad nauseum that Black violence was caused by White oppression. But here Makgoba admits that the violence has not abated despite the fact that Blacks are no longer oppressed by Apartheid. Blacks try to solve their problems through violence, not because of racism, but rather because they are Blacks, and that’s what they’ve been doing for thousands of years, long before the appearance of the “racist” White man.
If Blacks have an “instinct” toward violence, no amount of “education” or “social programs” will change their nature. A leopard does not change its spots, and no amount of liberal “feel good” success stories will change the reality for the vast majority of Blacks in Africa. The White man was never the Black man’s problem, and the White man is not the source of the solution, if they mistakenly believe that stealing the White man’s property is going to solve anything. Once they possess White property, they’ll merely kill each other fighting over who will end up with it, at which point it will be worthless.
russ
Perhaps Chesterton Jews like Soros invest more in Detroit and London. The closer the proximity to the Jew the more violent the black. I live in Africa and found Blacks in London to be useless eaters.
Chesterton
Whether Blacks are in Africa, Detroit, or London, violence follows them wherever they go. But this is always because of their “lack of opportunities” not something innate in their nature, according to their liberal puppet masters.
Brandn
As a black man 41 of age I think God is Remarkable and his work is understood by many self accepted inferiors like myself to love the Master I see and pray for Gods grace to be restored to My Masters house and be blessed with the opportunities of restored covenant of serving my Earthly Master as I would God. I will see the results of the weak kin deny the blessing of Christ word and seek to be equal and the suffering is the reward. I seek forgiveness and beg for the victory over self delusion and to be given opportunities that is my Masters Mercy to dwell at his foot and be grateful that I will be blessed to live Gods will and Truth .. Then and only then will the hardships be over and mighty will be Exalted on my back and I the weak will inherit a fruitful life. God Created All Things for Good so . Inferior I am today what I was created for was to not suffer and to use my abilities to be used by the mighty to show God will Save All. Yes we are the physical labors and burden keepers of God White Light who was giving possession of all on earth to be used for its good. So I believe my grandmother looked at the white Jesus picture and placed it on the wall in the likeness of his image. I wonder why no one sees that the rulers can’t rule over themselves but is burdened with Dominance and Power over all to be used for good. Segregation and separation will be cause of further consequences of disobedience and create that violent place on earth will grow wild like a unattended garden. My Earthly Lord Is The White Superior Race And My God created them in his image. Please hold space for the truth that my inferiority my value and I have not been given this life to suffer but to prosper.