Stop the prejudice

I WAS very upset to read that our government is thinking of disallowing the holding of dual citizenship by South Africans. That in itself suggests we have an extremely controlling government, but it was the reason given for this possible decision which upset me as well because it was so prejudicial against Jews.

I can only assume that those who had this idea have forgotten (only for a moment as we are regularly reminded of it by them) how discriminated against they were when our apartheid government was in power.

Instead of being governed by people, most of whom live in the laps of luxury and often seem not to care about everyone else (especially those very much less fortunate than themselves), what we desperately need is a caring, humanitarian government on which all of us can rely.

With the development of instant communication, our world has become very small, but human beings everywhere seem to be hell-bent on hurting each other.

Our present government is made up of many people who struggled fiercely for years. I would like to remind them that having at last achieved their goal, they are now responsible for the people under their care, many of whom don’t even have a roof over their heads, and frequently have insufficient food to eat. They also have young children who need a good education that would hopefully qualify them for decent jobs, as well as giving them confidence in themselves.

Now that all of us are equal citizens in this beautiful country of ours, let us not spoil that achievement with prejudicial remarks. Let us rather be an example of freedom, caring and responsibility to the rest of the world. Miriam Levy

Century City