Jewish Report directors call for Zuma’s dismissal

JEWISH REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The country has reached breaking point, we can no longer remain silent – President Zuma must go!

Next week we celebrate Passover, the Jewish festival of freedom. So important are the principles of freedom to the Jewish people, that we are commanded to narrate the story of the Exodus as if we ourselves, in our generation, were liberated from bondage in Egypt.

In the 3 000 years since our deliverance from slavery, and despite ongoing racism, genocides and discrimination, Jews have overcome many of the burdens of oppression. All people thrive in free, democratic societies. We believe that the people of South Africa deserve the same.

In nearly 23 years of democracy we have witnessed many positive developments in South Africa. We have seen the delivery of water, electricity and sanitation to the poor. But today we fear that many of our hard-earned gains will be lost in a malaise of corruption, greed, maladministration and cronyism.

This week, South Africa was downgraded to non-investment grade by Standard & Poor’s and we see South Africa slowly drifting down the ranks of countries in areas of employment, education, healthcare and economic development.

We are all affected, but the greatest victims of an immoral and rudderless leadership are the poor. It is their jobs, pensions, education, housing and social grants that are being stolen by rampant corruption. Today we are all in a moral crisis.

As patriotic South Africans, we believe South Africa deserves better. We demand that the ANC restore dignity back to the people of South Africa and provide the country with moral authority and true leadership. This can only be achieved with the removal of President Jacob Zuma from office.

At this time of freedom, we join the growing voices of civil society for the ANC to remove President Jacob Zuma from office. May this time of freedom herald a better society for all who live in our beloved South Africa.

Howard Sackstein (Chairman), Benjy Porter (Deputy Chairman) Directors:  Herby Rosenberg, Dina Diamond, Herschel Jawitz, Shaun Matisonn.