The depressing media images coming from South Africa may appear at odds with the dominant view of South Africa as a “rainbow nation” or with the ruling African National Congress’ long history of Pan-Africanism. However, since the end of apartheid, groups of South Africans have exacted xenophobic violence against economic migrants or refugees to the north of South Africa. But as International Affairs faculty member Sean Jacobs argues in a recent opinion piece for Al Jazeera America, this violence are not exceptional and is instead rooted in postcolonial political problems.
This is really barbaric and uncalled for. There so many other South Africans living in other countries. Crime is not peculiar to a particular group of people. While it is true that some commits crime, it shouldn’t be an excuse to start killing any one that is not from same country as you. This readily shows the lack of order and law that is prevalent in SA