ANC marches against racism

The ANC march for unity and non-racialism to the Union Buildings will get underway in Pretoria.

Pretoria - The African National Congress (ANC) march for unity and non-racialism to the Union Buildings will get underway in Pretoria on Friday.

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday the march was not a protest, but the mobilisation of society against racism.

“The ANC calls for South Africans to move beyond merely identifying racism as a persisting challenge to uniting in action and to completely eradicate it together with all other forms of discrimination,” said Mantashe.

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“In the same way our people were united against apartheid the ANC seeks to mobilise all South Africans, black and white, to contribute to the ongoing transformation of our country.

“This is not a protest march … it is a march about facilitating conversation among South Africans.”

The march would start at 10am in Burgers Park in the Pretoria CBD to the seat of government at the Union Buildings, where a memorandum would be handed over to the Presidency.

African News Agency

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