Unity Through Principle, Not Politics

A nation cannot claim to stand for leadership, resilience, or sovereignty while allowing space for songs that incite violence or inflame racial tensions. These expressions are not acts of resistance. They are acts of division.

If we call ourselves a democracy founded on law and dignity, then that dignity must be universal. There cannot be one standard for some and a different one for others. Every person, regardless of background or history, must be protected under the same principles.

Hate speech, in any form and from any source, corrodes the soul of a nation. If the roles were reversed, if there were chants calling for violence against other racial groups, there would be immediate and justified outrage. So why excuse it when it is politically convenient?

This is not what reconciliation looks like. This is regression disguised as defiance.

True leadership is not about choosing sides. It is about choosing standards. It is about upholding values even when it is uncomfortable.

South Africa has endured too much to go backward. The country deserves better than selective justice and performative outrage. The real test of democracy is not how we treat those who agree with us, but how we treat those who challenge us.

We rise when we unite through principle. Not when we weaponize politics to divide. The time for moral clarity is now.