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Cape Town – The International Youth Group for Peace (IPYG) on Wednesday called on current and past Presidents of Africa to participate in a roundtable on the establishment of a culture of peace in Africa. South Africa.
Wednesday said, even though South Africa is not at war, the country's citizens are calling for peaceful coexistence in their communities.
"Recently we watched on the news our own government official being convicted of assaulting The children and young people of the Cape Flats live in absolute fear and despair because of the gang's uncontrolled violence, and The taxi wars claimed the lives of 45 people between April 2018 and June 2018, "said IPYG
. The culture of violence provokes visible signs of the lack of peace in the nation.
"IPYG has been proactive in creating a culture of peace by launching peace projects in southern Africa," the group adds. He said some of these regions include Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Madagascar and the DRC and that they hope to accelerate these projects across the continent.
The group said that its latest campaign is an effort to attract the attention of President Cyril Ramaphosa and this with a series of peace letters written and signed by the youth, pleading for the President to set a date for meet with IPYG representatives and listen to their solutions to achieve a peaceful, conflict-free Southern Africa.
African News Agency / ANA
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