Sanco calls for road cleansing
2012-12-28 12:48
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Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma's call for a national
cleansing ceremony should include cleansing the "roads of death", the
SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) said on Friday.
"We are of the opinion that Africans have neglected
one key component of dealing with the living dead - the spirit and soul[s] of
people dying on our roads," said Sanco spokesperson Dumisani Mthalane.
On Friday, SABC radio news reported that Zuma wanted to
hold a national cleansing ceremony to restore moral values in the country.
He was reported to have said the ritual would be of great
importance in the light of incidents such as the Marikana tragedy, the rape of
elderly women, and political assassinations.
He said people who were not cleansed, harboured grudges.
Mthalane supported Zuma's call, saying people needed to
go back to their roots.
"There are ways - we believe - African, traditional
and cultural ways used by our forefathers to deal with tragic events such as
road accidents, unfamiliar patterns of behaviour," Mthalane said rituals
needed to be performed "by those entrusted with powers to communicate with
the spirits to contain bad luck or [the] re-occurrence of tragic events".
He said a ritual of "Ukuvala Umkhokha", whereby
bad incidents were prevented from reoccurring, should be carried out.
A national cleansing ceremony would thus be a positive
step for the country, said Mthalane.
"The move will help bring some normality, and [the]
observance of morals and important African values back to the fore in our
nation."
Sanco condemned the number of festive season road deaths
and accidents.
"It is sad when lives become mere statistics."
- SAPA
