Crowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South Africa
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This is probably very inappropriate a comment... But I am absolutely fucking floored that there's an immigration problem in South Africa.
I'm genuinely curious why you think strongly there wouldn't be one.
It's the strongest economy in the region, with basketcase Zim and hot mess Moz right next door.
No no you have a very valid point. For some ridiculous reason my brain was thinking of immigration to Africa.. not South Africa. Idiot.
Death to all xenophobes, in my country, South Africa, and everywhere else.
Culture war bullshit working it's magic across the globe.
LOL. Xenophobia across Africa and human history is as old as time itself. Tribalism started with literal, actual tribes, you know. Same as it has in most places.
Would you like to see examples of modern xenophobia in Africa that predate your American notions of it?
Let's try... 1969!
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/DCS/article/view/12874
"Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah had championed the cause of creating a borderless Africa and a common government for Africa.Between 1957 and 1966, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana fought vigorously for the creation of a Union of African States with a common African Government. His optimism for the unity and cohesion of Africa as a lever for continental development was indeed unparalleled. It is interesting to note that Nkrumah vehemently criticized the artificial divisions and territorial boundaries created by the colonial powers which he regarded as a deliberate attempt to obstruct the political unity of African peoples" [source - the linked paper above]. So, to some extent, yes it was culture wars exacerbated by western colonial powers that has caused much ethnic strife across modern Africa.
You're saying the same thing as him. Why do you say it like You're disagreeing?
Xeniphobia is why immigration is such an easy issue to use as a political wedge issue, stoking the anger of the populace
I'm not saying the same thing as him. This isn't "culture war bullshit going global," as if Fox News and the War on Christmas drove this.
These murderers are quite intelligent, huh?
The South African government responded by giving the private sector unlimited tenders and raising the police budget again
Probably the creepiest photo and story I have ever seen.
That's enough Internet for today..fuck!