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This is an edited version of Dr Imtiaz Sooliman's address at the recent Agri SA congress. Sooliman is the founder of the Gift of the Givers Foundation, the largest disaster response non-governmental organisation of African origin on the continent.
“Do you think the country is falling apart? It is not. The reason I say this is due to the spirit of our people.
I've seen my team of South Africans go into a humanitarian crisis situation on many occasions, and observers have been in awe of their skills. Yet South Africans don't believe in themselves!
Obviously, we must be realistic: our country does
