We have survived the terrible years of apartheid. Many of us struggle daily to survive poverty. Many struggle with grief and anger. And the challenges to survival do not end. Only two days ago, a terrible disaster struck.
Many people here are homeless.
Many have lost everything they own. People have been killed and badly hurt. I would like us to spend a moment quietly remembering all those who have been hurt in the past and those who are hurting now. I would like us to remember those who are not here because they have been senselessly, sometimes brutally killed, for no reason except that they were there. Just because some angry, sick person decided that they should die.