Zuma calls religious leaders to work with government

By Khanyisa Tabata
17 October 2009

ANC president Jacob Zuma has called on religious leaders to work together with the ruling party in narrowing the racial divide in the Western Cape.

Zuma said there’s perceptions carried over from the apartheid days that the province has more challenges of racism than any other part of the country.

Hundreds of religious leaders from met Zuma at Bishopscourt in Cape Town. They in turn raised concern about poor service delivery and crime.

Zuma is expected to attend the funeral service of Leslie Yengeni, the father of ANC parliamentarian Tony Yengeni, who died recently and will also meet with members of the fishing community in Hawston.