Speech by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans ...
Speech by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans ...
Speech by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans ...
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Chairperson, Honourable members, I wish to conclude my remarks <strong>by</strong> onceagain making visible the fact that the peculiarity <strong>of</strong> the South Africangovernment’s theory <strong>and</strong> practice on support for military veterans is bound to beunderlined among others, <strong>by</strong> the heterogeneous background <strong>of</strong> its beneficiaries.It is our own concrete historical reality, its complexity must excite us rather th<strong>and</strong>iscourage us.At the end, we must <strong>and</strong> will realize a dignified, unified, empowered <strong>and</strong> selfsufficient military veterans community. Again, let us draw strength from ancientChinese wisdom <strong>and</strong> remember that, “A journey <strong>of</strong> million miles starts with onesmall step.”To return to the language that developed my thinking processes, “Tšhe ka mokake mathomo mayo ke šaetša ke re yalo.”Ke a Leboga!8
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