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Chamber and committees

South African Social Upheaval

  • Submitted by: Bill Kidd, Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-00708

That the Parliament notes the current situation in South Africa, which has reportedly seen hundreds of that country's citizens lose their lives, homes and livelihoods in social upheaval caused by a determined minority of rioters and looters taking advantage of what it believes to be a period of political uncertainty in that country; believes that there are many South Africans who live in Scotland, who are dismayed that a country that was built on the shoulders of Nelson Mandela (known as Madiba, or Father) as a land of hope, striving to be better and living under the philosophy of Ubuntu (Humanity), appears to have lost its way, but considers that it can still come together again in a civil society, which will stand united going forward.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Siobhian Brown, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Marie McNair, Michelle Thomson, David Torrance