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For many Africans, South Africa represents a land of
opportunity and a haven of tolerance, but a wave of
violence has tarnished this image and sent foreigners
fleeing for safety. Foreigners have fled for safety from a
recent eruption of xenophobic violence in which at least five
people have died, shops have been looted and torched, and
South Africa’s reputation as a haven of tolerance for the
tired, the poor, and the huddled masses of a turbulent
continent has been shaken.
“The fabric of the nation is splitting at the seams; its
precious nucleus – our moral core – is being ruptured,” the
Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said this week.
South Africa is to many Africans what America represents
to many around the world: an escape, a fresh start, a land
of opportunity. When gold was discovered in Johannesburg
in 1886, it was soon being mined by men from a dozen
African nations. Today the country is a magnet for
Congolese, Ethiopians, Malawians, Mozambicans,
Nigerians, Somalis, Zimbabweans and others fleeing
conflict or seeking to improve their lot. Estimates of
immigrant numbers vary from 2 million to 5 million, out of a
population of 51 million.
But the recent wave of xenophobia has tarnished this image
and fuelled resentment among those who accuse South
Africa of an arrogant exceptionalism that looks down on the
rest of the continent.
Worst hit is Durban, South Africa’s third-biggest city. In
response to these attacks the fairly huge Nigerian
community in Durban has organized themselves into a force
of resistance to these xenophobic attacks. In this video they
are seen sharpening machetes and chanting slogans.
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