Xenophobic attacks? Your opinion!?

Question

This has been spurred on by D405's q. You know it frustrates me that some of these foreigners have came into our country and did some good. In PE where I come from there are many Somalians and these people are such quiet and holy people. I've never even heard them raise their voice and they always close there shops to pray everyday.

I think of all the good they have done in that city alone. They dont beg on the street, they get up everyday to WORK! and have some good businesses! They have brought internet to most of the poorer areas and only charge R5 an hour!

Sure they do irritate me at times with there ways and habits but then if I compare them to some of the people that beg all day, sleep and dont want to work, have no ambition and refuse to do anything because they feel oppressed and feel as is the whole world owes them something!

I'd rather have them in town!

Answer 1

Nay, the problem is that many of these foreigners bribe local councilors to get RDP houses that were meant for South Africans. The South Africans do not want to pay the bribes, but the greedy councilors are prepared to take bribes and personal rent for these properties. This is one of the main reasons that the people got unhappy.

It started off the same in Zimbabwe when Mugabe came into power. Eventually the councilors and party officials over there became so greedy that they started to reposes farmland. Today vast strips of formerly white owned farmland in Zimbabwe are rented out or had been sold to their comrades North of them. These foreigners then only took the farm equipment and whatever they could carry off back to their own countries. All for just a little bit of bribe rentals to the party officials in Zim. Now the locals do not have anything left to farm with and they are going hungry. This is just an indication what may lay ahead in SA with all these foreigners claiming rights.

Answer 2

This situation is very confusing to those of us from other countries who have to depend on news reports to find out what's going on.  All I can say is that it seems very sad that people can't simply live and let live.  Cheers!!

Answer 3

It is so sad that the working people get killed and attacked and  the lazy K 4  government does nothing to protect them. The ANC wants anarchy and they are getting it. I so hope that FIFA will take away the 2010.

South Africa will never be the same again. It will only go downhill form here. It is going very fast. Zim and South Africa will soon be the same. Poor and 4th world.

Answer 4

i can't condone xenophobic but i just hates too many foreigners in my place cos i don't like to go to other countries. ain't we supposed to live in our countries freely anymore? in my opinion, foreigners are needed but not too many cos this will make the local feel like their motherland is being taken away from them by these intruders/foreigners. i like to give the example of chinese, even though they are in every country on this earth, they don't really like foreigners and most of them are rude especially to africans. what a f...k is going on?