Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa will meet with social cohesion advocates on Thursday to discuss how South Africa can strengthen nation-building and social cohesion.
“As we enter a new year, it is important that as a country, we take stock of the progress we are making in building a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa,” Minister Mthethwa said.
The discussions at the meeting will contribute in charting a way forward for the development of sectoral and national plans to build social cohesion, combat racism and eradicate discrimination in South Africa.
“In recent weeks, we have seen that much remains to be done to build non-racialism in particular. While the nation-building project has made many advances in the first 21 years of freedom, the current reality points to mind-sets that need to be changed,” he said.
The Department of Arts and Culture has the responsibility to coordinate and mobilise society to promote nation-building and social cohesion as envisioned by the National Development Plan.
“This meeting is expected to drive a broader nation-building and anti-racism agenda and plan for a bigger engagement with a wide range of stakeholders that is envisaged to take place on 01 February 2016,” the department said. – SAnews.gov.za
