Dear South Africa...
and dear Africa...
I the Lord God of Israel, announce to you...
that you shall no longer be going around the world begging for donations. being a charity case.
I am exchanging your bowl of begging for a bowl of riches.
Stand up straight, South Africa!
Stand up straight, Africa!
You are loosed from your infirmity!
Your hip shall no longer be out of joint.
I am straightening up your back.
You will not be bent-over.
I am lifting up the rod of your oppressor.
And I am removing your debts, loans...
attachments [beslaglegging], summons [dagvaarding], sanctions in Africa...
labels and stigmatization.
I am raising up your hearth of economic power, Africa.
'The Lord will make you the head, not the tail.
If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day...
and carefully follow them, you will always be above and not beneath.' [Deut 28:13]
South Africa, Africa, rise up, stand up straight, lead!
And be Healed! Be healed! Be healed!
Philani Ma-Africa, Philani!
(Zoeloe: 'Lang leve Afrika, lang leve!)
Your healing time has come.
Africa, for decades the world has watched your movie play over and over.
The well-known picture of your hungry, poor and poverty stricken false identity...
depicted by scenes of hopeless and needy Africans.
News after news, story after story, image after image.
It is dominated by the never ending bad reports of Africa
Of political unrest, fraudulent leadership, oppressive laws, domestic violence...
traumas, financial dependency and economic exclusion.
In everything there is an end.
There is an end to bad reports.
There is an end to poverty.
There is an end to oppression.
End to financial embarrassment.
And there is an end to economic slavery.
In everything there is an end.
[12.5.20]
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