A couple of Christians in my neighbourhood have decided to finally have a voice in relation to the issues and events good or bad that happens in and around our communities. This coming Thursday evening at around 7pm, we are meeting to discuss and debate the recent events, so gruesome and utterly barbaric that happened in Alexandra township in Johannesburg. Brutal instances of xenophobic perpetrated violence was reported and lives have been endangered. The reason? some people see others as foreigners and therefore a threat. But wait a minute! How long has it been since apartheid ended in South Africa?
Wasn't it African countries like Botswana, Zimbabwe,Namibia and many others that gave the freedom fighters of those times a place from which to execute their plans against dismantling the horrendous evil that personified apartheid and all that it stood for?
But then, is it not these the very Africans that these forgetful bunch of men and women of South Africa are vilifying?
Do these so-called foreigners really take South Africans' jobs? Was not the city of Gold or Egoli built through the sweat of migrant labour?
So then, what really went wrong?
Give us your comments and join the rest of us as we deliberate on these issues and many more of like kind.
sms your views and opinions to: 0721 29 06 02 or e-mail: monnapt@gmail.com
And lets get talking... Our topic this coming Thursday is:
Ref:ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP-'RIOTS. Xenophobia and Spiritual Connotations?" What are the spiritual connotations of xenophobia? and what are its ultimate social and economic implications on South Africa?
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