Today is an important South African holiday. It's called "Day of reconciliation." The new democratic government of post 1994 has made many attempts to unify all the races in South Africa.In the 1900's, post 1994, a truth and reconciliation commission was held as a mechanism to allow the country to forgive each other for all the past hurts. This commission gave people who experienced human rights violation during apartheid the space to reconcile and forgive their perpetrators. The truth and reconciliation commision in South Africa was the first of its kind and now many countries have followed South Africa. My hope on this day is that all South Africans will come together in respecting their cultural divesity and will walk together each day with the spirit of forgiveness residing in their hearts forever.
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