Summit puts social cohesion in spotlight

NELSPRUIT – South Africa remains a deeply divided society, said Ms Sibongile Manana, MEC for culture, sport and recreation on Thursday. She was addressing participants at the province’s first social cohesion summit, which was aimed to get the public’s voices on Mpumalanga’s draft strategy to improve social cohesion.

Manana said it was important for people to learn about the cultures of others. The summit included multi faith prayers and music and dance performances by a variety of ethnic and cultural groups before participants broke up into commissions to discuss different aspects of improving social cohesion.

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