Jackson played a key role in campaigning for economic sanctions against the former apartheid regime. (SABC)
US civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson says equality and economic freedom remain key milestones that have to be achieved to honour the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela.
He said this after holding a private meeting with President Jacob Zuma at his official residence, Mahlamba Ndlopfhu, in Pretoria on Friday.
The former senior aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, Jackson played a key role in campaigning for economic sanctions against the former apartheid regime. Jackson says whilst Madiba succeeded in leading reconciliation efforts, the current government need to do more to fight for economic justice.
Jackson says unlike Dr King who could not get to the promised land, at least Mandela lived long enough to see a non-racist political system. He says now the next battle is for equality and everyone must that role for that to happen.
Zuma agreed that the need to foster social coherence and economic development are key pillars to nation building. The President says the task that remains is to deepen non-racialism.
Zuma says the challenges of poverty and unemployment undermine nation building. He says the challenge is to ensure that people continue to work to achieve what Mandela stood for and the ideals that he wanted to achieve.
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