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In photos: 'South Africa Xenophobia Protest'
By M&C News May 24, 2008, 18:31 GMT
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let it be known to south african embarking on xernophobic attacks that in Ndebele we say 'kusasa kuyizolo' meaining that its good to be careful of what you do today because you don't know whether the fate befalling others now will spare you in the future or not. What zimbabweans and oher african nationals face today might befall SA in the future. lets work together as africans to bring peace in our beloved mother land.
don't be xernophobic guys. save your black brothers.
Africa, still very far from 'The United States of Africa'...May God forgive our ignorance and sins. Peace
i have only one wish in mind: All South Africans in other countries should be killed.Not just being killed they should kill them musing a nail cutter for them to feel the pain that those foreiners feel.
i believe that the government agrees or like this thing.if they hate it why then dont they just stop it.all they know is sending soldiers to other countries,they are needed here to stop this.how can Someone say 'we are arranging a transport for those to be taken back to their countries' why dnt you stop this ?
NO TO XENOPHOBIC ATTACK...........
foreiners seeking assylum should state behave as such when they arrive in the foreign country.Foreingers in S.A. do as they please. The government should provide a place for them and look after them. South Africa cannot afford to have another country (Zim) within their country. When people leave their coutries, they should know what they are going to do in other countries. If they are a charity case, they should behave as such and recieve the same treatment. South Africans who are abroad are there either to study or occupying proffessional jobs. not these things that we see in Johannesburg..people going up and down not knowing where they are going. I say they should go back where they come from or the govt treat them as assylum seekers. they shuoldnt just roam free.This is not home!!!!!!!!
P.S I do not support what South Africans did to our brothers and sisters but i say foreigners should not think they can go anywhere they please anytime. systems should be put in place to regulate such things.
As South Africans we accept foreigners that contribute positively to the sa economy building a better south africa. Illegals who are usually criminals must go. Government needs to step up, regulate immigration as these attacks are portraying sa in a negative light. Huge economic & high food prices will continue to fuel the high crime rate in Johannesburg. No to crime! No to illegals! No to violence!
What these South Africans have done to my brothers and sisters is so barbaric that I forsee South Afica going down the drain.I have lived in South Africa before and I had a taste of South African life.Over 80 percent of males are too lazy to work and what they know is 'Phuzing Uchwala'(beer drinking) from early morning till the next morning and Tsotsiism if I may put it.Females are the ones that work.Assuming all he foreigners leave and leave the country to the natives,South Africa could be the most poorest country in the entire universe.Shame on you
It is sad that there is a case of xenophobia in south africa of all places. Considering what they have been through over the years, you would think that they would have learned compassion and how it feels to be discriminated against! secondly, not all foreigners are criminals or take away jobs belonging to the south africans! South africa is a growing country, but lets face it, if it were not for foreign investment and exports to countries like zambia, zimbabwe, botswana, namibia and the like, their economy would not be so strong! so i think that u can not blame it all on the foreigners! Majority of the immigrants in south africa are Zimbabweans that is quite clear, however let us consider what is happening in their country, wouldnt you flee too if ur fate lied in the hands of a greedy old freedom fighter??? however let me remind u south africans that when YOUR freedom fighters sought refuge in other countries, we took them in! when ur people were running scared for apatheid, we accepted you reguardless of what u had, or did not have to offer! Shame on u if u think that the foreigners are getting what they deserve! These acts of violence have made it clear that South Africa has far from healed. If u appreciated wat u had and still are fighting for, you would know who is on your side!!!!
All of us in Africa looked upon SA we envy. A high growing economy, very good people (we never knew what kind of snake venom they harboured). When they anleashed it on us fellow Africans, we know know they have not healed yet and alot need to be done.
It was wrong for them to act like that towards their fellow Africans in the disguise of luck of jobs. After what happened to Kenya after the disputed presidential elections has taught us great lessons. But South Africans should visit Kenya and see how many foreighners are here and we live like true brothers. Ask the Somali's and Sudanees in the Country.
Xenophobia is like what the Nazi did to the jews. I hope they have learnt their lessons in this. Their country men are chickened out in varios countries else they are attacked.
Educate your people Mr. Mbeki theis are fruits of illitracy.
There are many south Africans living and doing business in Nigeria. Infact about 70% of the foreign owned businesses in Nigeria is by South Africa, here are some of south African owned businesses in Nigeria--- mtn, dstv, protea hotels, shoprite, etc. It is tough to write off Nigeria business wise with an estimated population of 110 million people. Lagos alone houses more than 15 million people of which about 10% are immigrants from other African nations, we may not be as developed as Johanesburg nor is Lagos the most comfortable place to live in the world, but we do not go on the streets killing immigrants out of Xenophobia, I was very disappointed to learn that Nigerian businessees were being burnt down in South Africa, south Africans need to be told that they have investments in so many other African countries which in turn help their economy, I personally do not condone massive immigration of other African countries to south Africa but if something should be done about it, it should be through the context of the law instead of vigilante justice, It gives us a very bad image, for instance, here in Nigeria some people are suggesting retaliation with south African businesses, How will that make africa look?
I am a foreigner and I am not suprised with the way 'some' South Africans behave, they are used to being spoon-fed. They do thigns they dont even understand. Who said foreigners are 'BLACK?'
They have spread all over the world trying to make a living in OUR COUNTRIES, But turn-around and call US names... SHAME ON THEM....
I DONT REGRET BEING WHO AND WHAT I AM ULIKE THEM...
Let them enjoy it while it last...
Well i would like to air my comments on this topic about the xenophobia in taking place in South Africa.I am supprissed that South Africans can treat Zimbabweans the way they are doing yes we have our polical problems which we admit have been caused by one their president's quiet diplomacy and support for the tyranny and junta in Zimbabwe.
South Africans should not forget that we have plenty of their kith and kin resident in Zimbabwe probaly the largest number in any other african country.
We have married their women probably because we are harworking people their admire us for what we are this history dates back to the late 1950's.We have South African widdows in Harare whose husbands passed away long ogo they own houses in Harare if you go to the City of Harare you they will confirm this.
SO BEWARE SOUTH AFRICANS WE CAN ALSO DO THE SAME TO YOUR KITH IN KIN ZIMBABWE BURN THEIR HOUSES BECAUSE WE KNOW THEM THEIR IDENTYT IS UN MISTAKEN BY THEIR SKIN COLOUR /SHORTNESS AND BIG BUMS.
fellow africans (SA),our delay in civilisation wasn't a complicated matter it must have started as you did.civilisation started in africa but what happened? our ignorance is solely to blame.no man is an island.we have not yet lost let us change.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO OPENED THEIR HANDS TO WELCOME US IN THEIR LAND DURING APARTHEID.PLEASE TRAT THEM WITH LOVE AND RESPECT,JUST THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.
My heart sunk to the pit of my stomach when i saw Ernesto burn painfully. It does not mater how illiterate or poor you are, killing another man can never be an answer. To believe that in the opening chapter of 2008, Kenya, South Africa and zimbabwe would slide down the slippery slope of anarchy. But by far, south africa has simply disheartened all Africans. I dont know about the 2010 world cup now,
Please stop this bashing of sa and its citizens, the fall of sa wil be disastrous for al of africa. There is just to many foreigners in sa and that the problem finish and klaar
STOP THIS THING
I WISH EVERY WOULD BE EDUCATED AND WE WOULD LIVE BETTE SOME OF SA CITZENS THERY DONT THINK AT ALL ALL THER KNOW IS TO BULL AND SEND PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR BELOVED HOMES AND I SAY TO EVER SA CITIZEN WHO HAD A HAND IN IS THING SHALL REGET LETS LEAN TO LOVE
education or not my sister im just calling a spade a spade, you have to ask yourself where do all this illegal immigrants go? How do they make a living? Whose paying for the sanitation the use and the healthcare? why are they so quick to hold sa gov acountable to their problems and not their own governments? whos going to help build their countries when they all come here? why are these people more concernd about whats goin on in sa than their countries? These wars and bad conditions that they say they are running from are done to them by their own citizens. In sa we hav a foreigner problem( +- 30 000 enter this country evryday) and the only way to fix it is for african nations to develop themselves and stop being begars so they can be on par with SA, then the whole africa would not flock to sa. but evryone just wants to come and live it up in sa and as soon as they hav a litle bit of bread in their stomach they look down on sa residents and cal them names.
even their own Presidents are asking them to return to their home countries. These people cant be foreigners for their whole lives. Surely at some time they hav to be patriots
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