The xenophobic attacks have showed a bad impression to our country. The eyes of the of the whole world are now are now looking at South Africa with shame and disappointment. A country so loved and respected by the world is now turning into a chaotic circus. The attacks on foreigners are not something we can all tolerate and be proud of. It is not all South Africans that are committing this shame and embarrassment, it is a small amount of people doing it without really considering what they are actually doing and it's consequences. They did not think about the innocent lives they are destroying. They have their reasons for committing these violent attacks; firstly these are poor individuals, angry that our government is not delivering; is failing to create jobs for the people; and is not doing enough to fight poverty and crime. But now they are taking out their anger on poor, innocent souls. This is totally wrong and unacceptable.
These refugees didn't come to South Africa looking for trouble, but to seek greener pasturers and make a living just like all of us.
The majority of these foreigners are hard-working individuals trying their best to survive in a country away from home and a country like a promised land to them. They leave their wives, children, families and everything behind, because of political and economical crisis in their countries of birth. Most of these guys don't take away our jobs but instead they start their own businesses. Some of them are even willing to work 15 hours for a low wage of R10, and this is only because they are desperate and have no other options. They shouldn't be blamed for doing something many South African wouldn't because its labor abuse. The ones to blame are the South Africans who offer the foreigners these jobs and by doing so take advantage of their situation, because they know these guys won't say no or turn down the offer since they are immigrants and have no labor laws or unions that protect their rights.
Even the foreigners with false South African Identification documents are not to be blamed. Open your eyes and look around: we have corrupt officials working at Home Affairs that sell these illegal emigrants false Id's. They should be blamed.
Now I'm very concerned about this whole thing and have a couple of questions that I'd like to ask everyone because this thing affects all of us. I believe that these guys are innocent, now why do we have to kill them? Is it because of their colour that we hate them so much? Is it because of where they come from that we have to rob them their belongings and chase them away? Tell.... me what is it? Alright, whatever reason you may have for being xenophobic and killing foreigners, in front of God there's no excuse for killing another human being. When you stand before God on the judgement day and answer for the cruel xenophobic attacks you've committed, believe me you, you'll be found guilty.
My beatiful South Africans, let's not forget where we come from and how we got our freedom. Let's not destroy what we've fought so hard to achieve. You know its easy to destroy but its hard to build. Let's all come together and fight for what we believe in. So I'd like to pledge every Soth African to stand, speak out, join hands and act in every possible way to stop these xenophoboc attacks against our African brothers and sisters. Let's all sing in one voice and say no to xenophobia. Let's come together; the rich and the poor, white and black, young and old and land a helping hand to the victims of xeniphobia. Let's remember that we are all Africans and Africa is our home. Let's become One and bring back back the spirit of Ubuntu. And our first step is saying 'no to xenophobia.'
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