09/24/2026
🇿🇦 A HERITAGE DAY APPEAL TO SOUTH AFRICA
Today, as South Africa celebrates Heritage Day, I have one heartfelt appeal:
Let us choose peace over hatred.
Let us choose Ubuntu over division.
Let us choose brotherhood over xenophobia.
Africa is bigger than our borders.
A Nigerian, Ghanaian, Zimbabwean, Congolese, Malawian, Mozambican or any other African who lives, works or builds a life in South Africa is not the enemy.
We may have different flags, languages and cultures, but beneath those differences is something greater: we are Africans.
South Africa’s history is a reminder of what happens when people are divided, excluded and dehumanised. Let us not reproduce the very pain that Africa has spent generations fighting against.
Heritage is not only about celebrating where we come from. It is also about deciding what kind of future we want to leave behind.
So today, my appeal to South Africans is simple:
Make peace.
Embrace your African brothers and sisters.
Reject hatred against fellow Africans.
Let Ubuntu speak louder than anger.
Your heritage is beautiful.
Your culture is powerful.
Your country has a remarkable story.
Let that story be one of unity, not division.
Happy Heritage Day, South Africa. 🇿🇦❤️🌍
One Africa. One people. One future.