Racial tensions must stop

ANARCHY: ONLY REVOLUTION SA NEEDS IS ONE THAT GIVE US A WELL-LED GOVERNMENT

- ISAAC MASHABA

Dear Mr President, It is time South Africans stopped being classified as black, coloured, Indian or white. Continually classifying us is a great way to divide our nation. The majority of our people, regardless of race, are good people who want a life free from crime, corruption, incompetence and violence. They want jobs. They want hope. They aspire to a better life.

They don't go around murdering innocent people, attacking farms, invading homes, sabotaging infrastructure and doing whatever they please. They do not attack places of history and burn them down. They do not attack cash-in-transit vehicles with the intent of killing and robbing. They do not constantly make calls for violence and a race war, as some parliamentarians do.

Some of these parliamentarians openly call for the murder of some of our people. And all this is unfolding under your watch. Even worse, they are paid with taxpayers' money to call for anarchy, chaos and race war. Your government has actively promoted racial tensions at a level last witnessed decades ago.