JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's legacy is also being reflected on, as the country faces an immigration crisis.
Naledi Pandor, who chairs the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said Madiba would have rejected vigilantism and hatred, while also calling for stronger management of migration.
She said much of the focus should instead go to addressing poverty, inequality and creating opportunities across the continent.
“I think he'd be dismayed at vigilantism; nobody can have admiration for that. He also would never encourage hatred of one African toward another.
“While he probably would say to us he admonishes the government for not managing immigration properly and efficiently, there's no way in which he would encourage one African to hate another.
“We have to have an appreciation of the condition of poverty, of inequality that exists not just in South Africa but throughout the continent. We've got to find ways of improving the socio-economic condition of the entire continent and creating opportunities where people live so that they don't feel that they must leave their countries and come to spaces with this economic opportunity.
“So what is happening is a signal for all our leaders to really have regard to governance, to democracy and to socio-economic development. All of these were part of the standard held by President Mandela as the mandate that a leader should take on."