and more judges than teachers. But so is not the
scenario. Most crimes committed in South Africa
are committed by indigenes not foreigners as
purported. So what is their motivation you’re
wondering to yourself at this moment? I could
try and answer that but will that be the truth?
Will that neither prove a point nor justify their
actions? Whatever their motivations maybe,
raising sticks and cutlasses on your fellow
African and in fact any human being can never
be justified. Respect for human life is something
to be upheld by all whether in Africa or Europe.
I
n the wake of constant call for the
unity of Africa, xenophobia has no
place in our society. We don’t need
to remind our Zulu brothers our
contributions towards their lib-
eration in their days of apartheid
and oppression by their colonial
masters. They needed help and
we helped that’s just that. How-
ever, it’s important to state that
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xenophobic attacks in this era undermine all
efforts and progress made to have a united Af-
rica. We have come too far to fight each other.
We make mockery of ourselves with such acts
and undermine our own prosperity. It’s time
the African Union calls South Africans to order
and crack the whip of diplomacy on them if the
need be. We certainly don’t want a chaotic con-
tinent or retaliations by affected countries but
certainly some measures must be put in place
to ensure that such acts don’t gain grounds in
our society. Perhaps strong trade and econom-
ic sanctions can be considered to ensure that
xenophobia is uprooted from the social fabric
of South Africa. I refuse to think that we hate
each other this much; no on the contrary we
love each other. When we want to watch EPL
and La Liga, we turn to DSTv. When we want
to dance, we turn on some music from P-Square.
There’s certainly too much love being shared
on this continent. Let’s say no to Xenophobia.
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