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President Jacob Zuma today met the National Interfaith Leaders
Council (NILC) at the Presidential Guest House here in Pretoria.

The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the NILC and discuss
how it can possibly partner with Government in improving the lives
of South Africans, especially the poor.

The NILC is a mass-based group of religious leaders from across
the country which reflects all the major faiths practiced in SA.
Membership is based on a direct and individual basis.

The NILC offered to Government the possibility of being a
conduit to the people on some of the programmes that Government is
already doing. Besides the social delivery service that the NILC
leadership offered, the President challenged the interfaith
leadership to take up the battle for the moral education of our
society.

Amongst the variety of issues the President discussed with the
religious leaders was the question of corruption. "We will use our
political authority and the avenues provided by the law to deal
with this matter very firmly. It may well be that in the process we
may lose friends and comrades but we have to do what is right for
our country," he said. Head of the NILC Secretariat Dr John Lamola
said: "The meeting affirms the President on his expressed and
demonstrated readiness to act against corruption in government."

The NILC's signature theme is Operation Thuma Mina (Send Me),
expressing its desire to reach the people where Government may not
be able to.

President Zuma welcomed the NILC's desire to collaborate with
his administration in improving the lives of South Africans.