Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has called on South Africans to use democracy to create economic justice.
Moseneke was speaking at the Killarney Country Club in Johannesburg on Friday night, where he was honoured with the Black Excellence Recognition award by Golf and Beyond.
The retired Constitutional Court judge was bestowed with the honour for his contribution to society.
“There is rank inequality in our society… with it comes structural injustice. It’s also true that many white people have privilege. That comes from our horrible historical past. Now here is the point… and that is important… We are supposed to be governing this country – We should spend time thoughtfully thinking through, what are the true things that stand in the way of eradicating inequality.”
Moseneke dedicated the award to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital.
He further urged South Africans to continue on their quest to rebuild the nation.
“If you want to create businesses around mineral resources, damn let’s go and do it with honesty, fairly, without any corruption in it – and with a focused plan; to produce outcomes around for instance mineral justice in our land in the extraction industry… and I hope we go out there and dream of a children’s hospital, and we go out there and we build it. I hope we dream about a plan to eradicate pit toilets, and we actually go and do it.”
Moseneke concluded his address by urging people to do all they can to change the lives of others for the better.
