Dear South Africans,

A humble request to every South African:

• Don’t throw garbage on the roads/streets.
• Don’t spit or urinate on roads and walls.
• Don’t write on walls and currency notes.
• Don’t abuse and insult others, rather; be patient, tolerant and controlled.
• Save water and electricity.
• Plant a tree.
• Obey traffic rules.
• Honour and take care of your parents and grandparents, take their blessings and always respect them.
• Respect women.
• Give way to ambulances and other emergency vehicles.
• Treat your neighbour in the way you would want to be treated.
• Do not seek for corners to cut in anything you do.
• Be intentional in honesty and integrity.
• Fear God in a way that is demonstrated in your lifestyle.
• Respect every individual, regardless of race, religion, tribe or status, we are all God’s creations.
• Always seek to be part of the solution and not the problem.
• Grab every opportunity to be kind and helpful.
• Be conscious of setting a good example for younger or junior ones.
• Be content and grateful for what you have more than lamenting over what you lack.
• Be proud of being a South African by focusing on the positives and acknowledging that God does not make mistakes.
• We need to change ourselves and not the country. Once we change ourselves the country will automatically change for better!
• If we want our children to live in a clean, safe and prosperous environment, then pledge to follow these pointers in your everyday life. 
• No one person or leader can change the country alone; it’s you and I who can change our beloved nation, by changing ourselves.

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