Afrophobic violence against black ‘outsiders has its roots in the system’s continuing,spectacular failure to deliver economic justiceIn 1994 Shoshozola became the unofficial anthem of South Africa’s “miracle” transition into democracy. Taking its title from the Ndebele word for “going forward”, it was a song expressing the hardship of the lives of migrant labourers from what was then Rhodesia, or who travelled on steam trains to work in South Africa’s mines. nowadays it has a painful irony as migrants find themselves no longer welcome in post-apartheid South Africa.
A recent spate of violent attacks led to an anti-xenophobia protest on 9 March. approximately 200 locals and foreigners,under the banner of the Coalition of Civics against Xenophobia, took to the streets of Pretoria calling for an end to the violence against foreign-born Africans and South Asians in South Africa’s townships and inner cities.nowadays Shoshozola has a painful irony as migrants find themselves no longer welcome in post-apartheid South AfricaContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com