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Festue Mogae asks African leaders to do introspection

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Former Botswana President Festus Mogae has challenged African leaders to do introspection on whether they live up to the values of great past leaders who dedicated their lives to a better continent.

Mogae made these comments during the memorial lecture of the first African National Congress (ANC) President and first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, iNkosi Albert Luthuli in Durban.

This year marks 50 years since Chief Luthuli died under mysterious circumstances when he was allegedly run over by a train at Charlottedale in Groutville in 1967.

Mogae says, “Have we squandered this inheritance of peace? Could it be as individuals’ families, communities and nations have squandered the principles of Ubuntu and a peaceful way of life that our fore fathers left to us? Are we treating this peaceful character of African leadership and fore fathers secretly and respectfully or have we departed from the values of Ubuntu and acquired the individualistic and selfish character that encourages a culture of exclusive self-interest that contradicts the African communal personality. Is this why throughout the continent, families, communities and nations are tearing each other apart?”

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