Opinion / Columnist
Zuma and Mugabe failed to stop Xenophobia but enjoyed the death of foreigners
15 Apr 2015 at 07:09hrs | Views
President Jacob Zuma's Government is total failing to restore peace in Durban where Xenophobic attack in taking life of innocent Black Africans
Robert Mugabe gives a State visit to South African President Jacob Zuma when Xenophobia was at its starts but they preferred to put a blind eye and deaf ears on it. Mugabe as the Chairman of AU and SADC, he was supposed to be the first person to condemn these silly stupid attacks on Africans.
Just to remind you prior to more details on March 20 2015 king Goodwill Zwelithini Zulu say foreigners must leave South Africa he said could no longer tolerate" foreigners must pack their bags and leave. The king is not calls xenophobia alone President Zuma son Edward Zuma said foreigners needed to leave the country and the minister of small business development ,Lindiwe Zulu also said foreigners need to understand that they are here as a courtesy and our priority is to the people of this country first and foremost but President Jacob Zuma didn't condemned it in his speech with Robert Mugabe.
If I'm not mistake king Zulu for his statement was represent South African people and supported by President's son and Minister Lindiwe Zulu represent Government of South Africa to endorse xenophobia its clear and as we speak right now the MDC South African Provincial Leaderships engaged the South African Ministry of Home Affairs and they have directed to the Minister of Police and the
South African police minister, Nathi Nhleko says he will not yet deploy the army to address the xenophobic attacks in Durban.
The Minister went on speaking on SABC Morning Live today morning, Mr Nhleko said the South African Government is working with different stakeholders to resolve the issue and we are so busy putting more pressure on them to stop Xenophobia like what they did in 2010.
There is no point of violently attacking each other on the basis of Nationality when we are all Black Afriacns by virtue of us all being human who exist on the basis of having been created by the Almighty. Instead of witnessing these regrettable violent attacks on each other, our African societies should be striving to eliminate all forms of segregation on the basis nationality or any other measure of differences. Cognizant of the consequences of violence and discrimination as displayed during the colonial era, we the African societies should be ahead in calling for peace and harmony in our societies.
Unfortunately as the xenophobic attacks take centre stage in South Africa, it never rains but pours for Zimbabweans who are making ends meet in South Africa. In the past years many Zimbabweans have found their way into South Africa in search of greener pastures following the dismal economic decline in the hands of the serial failure Robert Mugabe. Others have been forced to run away from political violence orchestrated by the despotic regime of ZANU-PF, however their efforts to find exile are now proving to be fruitless as they are at risk of similar violence which they ran away from in their country. The situation is undisputed calamitous for Zimbabweans and it has become similar to jumping from the frying pan into a direct fire. If South Africans are not sensitive and don't care about the feelings of others in their Country,it's not good they can only learn when they have time to learn and they can teach if they know the subject of being Africans
The MDC South African Provincial Leadership will take a Press Conference and condemned the Xenophobic in the strongest terms. Or even they will soon issue a statement. We cannot keep quiet when our people are dying at our door step!
Mugabe and Zuma may you all please play your roll as Presidents who cares for their citizens and promote Peace and hormone with Africans
Thanks Prof Richard M Simango.
Source - Prof Richard M Simango
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