Ek het onlangs op ‘n brokkie inligting afgekom wat interessante konteks rondom die handdruk gee. En ek sien toe dadelik ‘n metaforiese verwantskap aan die historiese mylpaal van die vorming van die Suid-Afrikaanse Regering van Nasionale Eenheid. A popular handshake theory is shared on history.com. The gesture started as a demonstration of peaceful intentions. “By extending their empty right hands, strangers could show that they were not holding weapons and bore no ill will toward one another. Some even suggest,” they say, “that the up-and-down motion of the handshake was supposed to dislodge any knives or daggers that might be hidden up a sleeve.” With the formation of the Government of National Unity, the handshake must’ve featured as a key token of a commitment to working together during the tough negotiations that took place behind closed doors. Hopefully, this symbolism will also be adopted throughout the critical transitionary period that…