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'SA has identity crisis,' says Jonathan Moyo
17 Apr 2015 at 20:45hrs | Views
Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said Friday that South Africa needs to "critically re-examine its identity crisis" in the wake of the xenophobic violence that has swept through parts of the country, News24 reported.
"The essence of being African is not defined by geographical location," Moyo said in a tweeted reaction to a comment from President Jacob Zuma about Africa Day celebrations next month.
Condemning the violence that has displaced thousands of foreigners in and around Durban and Johannesburg, Zuma said on Thursday that South Africans were looking forward to celebrations of Africa Day on May 25 "in every province".
Moyo tweeted: "Only that May 25 not a public holiday in SA!"
Moyo has been vocal in his condemnation of the xenophobic attacks. In another tweet on Friday, he said: "Africans who saw SA as an exemplary constitutional democracy now know it as a xenophobic place."
"The essence of being African is not defined by geographical location," Moyo said in a tweeted reaction to a comment from President Jacob Zuma about Africa Day celebrations next month.
Condemning the violence that has displaced thousands of foreigners in and around Durban and Johannesburg, Zuma said on Thursday that South Africans were looking forward to celebrations of Africa Day on May 25 "in every province".
Moyo tweeted: "Only that May 25 not a public holiday in SA!"
Moyo has been vocal in his condemnation of the xenophobic attacks. In another tweet on Friday, he said: "Africans who saw SA as an exemplary constitutional democracy now know it as a xenophobic place."
Source - News24
