"The latest victim was a 14-year-old boy shot and killed in the KwaZulu-Natal town of Ntuzuma on Monday.
Violence has been largely confined to the south in Durban, where attacks on April 9 claimed four lives, but on Monday night spread to other areas in the port city.
South African police said they arrested 28 people suspected of involvement in a deadly looting spree of foreign-owned stores in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.
There were however reports that they were at times overwhelmed by the mobs. As officers battled to protect foreign nationals who desperately tried to salvage what was left of their belongings, locals forced their way into
shops and made off with food and goods before setting the shops ablaze.
South Africa is struggling to contain an outbreak of violence that’s been directed against immigrants in a number of towns. At least five people have been killed and more than 200 arrested in Gauteng province, the
country’s economic hub that includes Johannesburg an the capital, Pretoria.
As Africa’s most industrialised nation, it attracts thousands of foreigners every year, seeking refuge from poverty, economic crises, war and government persecution in their home countries. While the bulk of them are from elsewhere on the continent, such as
Zimbabwe, Malawi, DR Congo, Somalia and Ethiopia, many come from Pakistan and India.
Violence against African immigrants in South Africa is common, with impoverished locals accusing foreigners of taking their jobs and business.".... that was how MGAfrica reported it.
Lets careful study this, the attacks are being termed 'xenophobic' which implies a fear or hatred for foreigners or strangers.
How can humans set one another ablaze because you believe they have taken over the jobs in your country?
Would there be immigrants if other countries didnt suffer from war, famine and lack of adequate provisions of basic amenities?
I believe in a united world... i believe in sanity and in strong terms condem the acts of certain South African indigenes who have decided to play God.
As a Nigerian, i demand that the Nigerian government immediately treat this as a matter of urgency and #BringBackOurCitizens over there (immigrants or not). We cannot continue to allow our brothers and sisters perish over there and allow some live as slaves.
Its time we demand CHANGE.. its time we SPEAK up.. its time we STAND up and make our voices HEARD.
( below are 'blurred' images of this attack... i believe we can view them and get a clue.. Improved picture quality would be too graphic to publish)
ref: mgafrica
google images
