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Media Statement, 18 April 2015 SADTU condemns attacks on foreign nationals The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) condemns, in the strongest terms, the violent attacks on foreign nationals in our beloved South Africa. The Union is appalled by the unprecedented levels of hooliganism, killings and criminality that have been unleashed upon innocent foreign nationals, led mostly by the young people of our country. These attacks have caused untold damage to South Africa - a country that values human rights, peace and solidarity. We are fully aware of the economic hardships faced by the majority of our people, however, such behaviour can never be a justification for such barbaric acts. Our miseries and frustrations are not brought about by foreign nationals but by the capitalist system we are in. We are part and parcel of the African continent and the South African Development Community. Africa and the international community played a pivotal role towards our attaining of a new South Africa. We therefore reiterate our call for the compulsory teaching of relevant history in our schools so that the current and future generations should know where we come from and our intrinsic link to the continent. Let the youth of our country embrace education. Education is the site of struggle, the struggle against poverty, unemployment and inequality. Education should unlock the potential of the youth to participate in economic activity of our country in the future and not to resort to wanton destruction. Issued by: SADTU Secretariat Contact: Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary, 082 783 2968 Nkosana Dolopi, Deputy General Secretary, 082 709 5651 Nomusa Cembi, Media Officer, 082 719 5157 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
