Monday, May 26, 2008

The Ugliness of Xenophobia


South Africans are brutally killing their fellow Africans.The economical immigrants mostly from Mozambique and Zimbabwe are beaten to death and burnt to death.
During the weekend while we were enjoying the Eurovision Song Contest and celebrating The Mother Day,dozens of people in South Africa were killed,dozens badly injured and hundreds were forced to seek refuge.
The disturbing images of barbarianism appeared on the world screens showing the brutal method of killing called “neck-lacing” – where a car tire is filled with patrol and put around the person’s neck and set a fire.The images showed young South Africans laughing and mocking a seriously injured immigrant - no pity,no sympathy.
Shame that police played a role of silent spectator – Shame that government failed to protect immigrants,shame that some criminal South Africans committed such acts of violence on the fellow Africans.

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