In this abridged version of a Marikana Memorial lecture delivered by former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela, she reminded South Africans that ‘we can’t heal without remembering’.
Thank you to Sibanye-Stillwater for the privilege to deliver this Memorial Lecture on the eighth anniversary of the killings in Marikana.
When we say we are commemorating Marikana, we are saying ordinary people matter. This is one of the reasons I accepted the invitation to present this memorial lecture. It is an understanding that society is a system, that humanity is interdependent within itself and with nature, and that as long as there is harm in one part of the system, it will impact the entire system. As long as there is injustice somewhere, there can’t be sustainable peace anywhere. Therefore, Sibanye-Stillwater’s initiative that looks at memory as healing and renewal beyond the company itself is the right way to go.
At the Thuma Foundation, we say that you need leadership that is epic, that is leadership that is ethical, doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because your peers are doing it, not because you are going to be caught doing the wrong thing, not because you are going to be rewarded if you do the right thing; just do it because you are seeing in the future what others don’t see.
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