Opinion / Columnist
'We all came from central Africa and are foreigners to the land of the Khoisan'
19 Apr 2015 at 12:27hrs | Views
The thuggery actions by misguided conscienceless South Africans to our African and other foreign national brothers is satanic, barbaric and the highest order of pre-civilization. The problem with these South Africans is failure to be proactive and identify the economic gap existing that is being utilised by foreign nationals. They only realise such opportunities after foreign nationals have done so. Being reactive leads to nowhere.
I am also baffled by satanic images from across the Limpopo showing our fellow African brothers and sisters being butchered and mutilated in full view of the public, including media people(the ones who prefer to capture the most captivating picture or video of how a fellow human being is killed instead of saving that precious life), the police and the spectators. All these people are guilty of murder as they are directly or indirectly participating in eliminating lives.
Fellow South Africans should other African citizens in their respective countries do the same to South African artistes, footballers, athletes, students, business people? Your acts of Afro-phobia, particularly in KZN and JHB meted against your African brothers and sisters is uncalled for. What if your economy nose-dived in the not so distant future? Will you not become economic refugees and find shelter under the roofs of those you are executing today? Unyawo alulampumulo!
I applaud the sentiments by Malusi Gigaba and Jacob Zuma as well as the positive sentiments from Julius Malema on xenophobia. I am equally disappointed by the political grandstanding utterances akhulunywe ngu Nomvula Mankonyane and Lindiwe Zulu. Please cde ministers be responsible in whatever you say because you are leading a nation. Induna enga ngezwe layo is the reason behind all these meyhem. Izwi lenkosi aliweli phansi!
Isisu somhambi asinganani! We all came from central Africa and are foreigners to the land of the Khoisan - isizwe saBathwa!
Source - Thembelani Batshwayi
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