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He was joined by KwaZulu-Natal Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala and Nomagugu Simelane Zulu Provincial Health MEC.
“As you light the candle, let it shine with hope, love and compassion for our fellow South Africans for a prosperous 2021 and a future where we can look back and say we defeated Covid-19 together, because we were in it together,” he said. Mkhize.
“Let us honor those who succumbed to Covid-19 by enhancing their mutual protection, “he added.
Similar events are taking place in other parts of the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa led a candle-lighting ceremony at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town, while in Johannesburg, Mayor Geoff Makhubo joined a candle-lighting ceremony on the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Newtown.
Ramaphosa was joined by Western Cape Prime Minister Alan Winde, religious leaders and medical staff at the symbolic event to commemorate those who had succumbed to the virus and honor the healthcare workers whom he described as the “heroes and heroines” who fighting the pandemic in South Africa.
“2020 has been a hellish year. It has been the most difficult year for all of us in SA, ”he said.
He praised the health workers who had been “willing to sacrifice everything in order to save the lives of many other people.
“We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We could never thank you enough. “
He said the idea to light a candle came from South Africans, across many platforms, including social media. He said many would light candles across the country, in their homes at midnight, as a symbol of respect and mourning for those who had left, but also as a symbol of hope for the future. “We are in a dark valley of destruction from the coronavirus,” he said.
“Tonight you hold the Florence Nightingale candle and you have always lit the way forward, you have always shown the way and we thank you for that … You give hope, you give life and you also give direction,” he told Salud. care workers.
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