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Foundations say government is rushing as they pull out of National Dialogue
JOHANNESBURG - Several legacy foundations have withdrawn for the National Dialogue preparatory team, saying the convention has strayed from being citizen-driven and risks becoming a rushed, government-controlled event.
The Steve Biko, Thabo Mbeki, Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu, FW de Klerk, and Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundations are some of the foundations that have withdrawn from the National Dialogue Preparatory Task team.
The foundations say they withdrew because the initiative's core principles have been violated in the rush to host the gathering on 15 August.
The FW de Klerk Foundation is calling for the National Dialogue to be delayed, saying communities are in the dark and the process is being rushed
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba urges South Africans to support the national dialogue, even after several legacy foundations withdrew from the initiative.
