It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
This is similar to what is happening to many in the coal and oil industries, a situation that fuels much of the current political discontent in this country.
Under fire from many quarters, not least from some of its own ruling African National Congress Party, president Zuma said he heard the voices of discontent and wanted to assure the public that he listens to them.
After deducting money spent for official purposes, that decision came amid a recession and discontent among the public towards the royal family's wealth.
" And that, I think is very much also at the heart of the discontent, the unhappiness, some of the actions that we are seeing from nurses around the world, " he said.