HEADLINES: Xenophobia attacks in SA starting again!!

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Here we go again...

... or not, since apparently they established now that it started after an incident between a Lesotho man and a Zimbabwean man (interesting that both are immigrants).

Johannesburg - Police fired rubber bullets to disperse around 50 people after two shacks belonging to Zimbabwean immigrants were burnt in the North West Province, authorities said on Saturday.

The incident erupted after a Lesotho man stabbed a Zimbabwean in a tavern on Friday night, causing a fight to break out, said police captain Adele Myburgh.

Two shacks in the Bokfontein area were then set alight, she said. Police responded and found a "chaotic" scene involving some 50 people, said Myburgh. Police then fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

Earlier reports said the incident appeared to be a "xenophobic" attack.

However, authorities were no longer considering it an anti-immigrant attack since they had determined it started after the incident between the Lesotho man and the Zimbabwean, Myburgh said.
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From: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2377282,00.html
 
However, authorities were no longer considering it an anti-immigrant attack since they had determined it started after the incident between the Lesotho man and the Zimbabwean, Myburgh said.
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:rolleyes:
 
On the subject of xenophobia, do Zimbabweans, Mozambiquans, other Africans,
especially from the countries which sheltered the ANC during the years of the 'struggle',
do they regret having done so? After all ANC did squat to protect their citizens,
and when you look at the attitude of the locals here, they are still against having those
people back in their communities.

BBC showed a report 2 days ago. They interviewed a local woman in a township
who wanted the foreigners not to return, they had a spokesman for the Government
saying something along the lines of 'he thinks everything will be' ok. They also showed
a Zimbabwean woman and her 3 kids being ejected from a refugee camp,
onto the street - the BBC guy tried to get a comment from the WHITE guard
who threw her out, but he refused.
 
However, authorities were no longer considering it an anti-immigrant attack since they had determined it started after the incident between the Lesotho man and the Zimbabwean, Myburgh said.
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Hmmm.

HEADLINES: Xenophobia attacks in SA starting again!!
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Or not...
 
We all know its a matter of time before it starts again. We are sitting with millions of foreigners, during the 'bad' days of apartheid other African countries only housed at most a couple of hundred SA terrorists. The rest that adhered with SA's laws stayed here because it was still the best country on the continent by a long shot.
 
Its a sad sad world we live in Master Jack.

I must agree that it is rather ironic that the local pop doesn't want those people here that helped them some years back, how quickly they forget.
 
icyrus said:
Yes. Yes we can.
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Get real. Xenophobia is an inborn, natural instict in all peoples. It has nothing to do with jobs, resources, loyalty for past favours or anything else. People have a natural aversion to people that are not of their own kind, be that race, nationality, religion, culture, creed or colour. And as long as your rear end points to the ground, nothing on Earth will change that. It is not something you can legislate away any more than you can legislate that all people should be born left handed.:cool:
 
SuperMonkey said:
the peoples jobs are being taken by aliens, can you blame them?
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I had some work around the home and took on a painter from the local pick-up point.

He worked very hard maintaining a good quality, so when at the end of the first day I realised I needed a few more days help, I of course made arrangements for him to do the work.
The fact that he was Zimbabwean was secondary, but I can tell you that I haven't had such enthusiastic help for a long time, in addition to him fully understanding instructions which meant I could leave him for extended periods on his own.

I can see why some of the locals feel their jobs are threatened.
 
Rozier said:
Get real. Xenophobia is an inborn, natural instict in all peoples. It has nothing to do with jobs, resources, loyalty for past favours or anything else. People have a natural aversion to people that are not of their own kind, be that race, nationality, religion, culture, creed or colour. And as long as your rear end points to the ground, nothing on Earth will change that. It is not something you can legislate away any more than you can legislate that all people should be born left handed.:cool:
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There is no excuse for violence. It is not explicable nor admissible in any way or through any reasoning.
 
Frankie said:
I had some work around the home and took on a painter from the local pick-up point.

He worked very hard maintaining a good quality, so when at the end of the first day I realised I needed a few more days help, I of course made arrangements for him to do the work.
The fact that he was Zimbabwean was secondary, but I can tell you that I haven't had such enthusiastic help for a long time, in addition to him fully understanding instructions which meant I could leave him for extended periods on his own.

I can see why some of the locals feel their jobs are threatened.
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Aint that the truth...
 
icyrus said:
There is no excuse for violence. It is not explicable nor admissible in any way or through any reasoning.
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Tell that to the numbnut who breaks into your home to terrorise your children, rob, rape them and your wife and torture and murder you. And see where your attitude gets you. You are living in cuckooland.:o
 
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