#NotInMyName takes anti-xenophobia fight to Dirco

#NotInMyName president Siyabulela Jentile [left] and secretary general Themba Masango leading a crowd of protesters outside the department of international relations and cooperation in Pretoria, 5 April 2019. Picture: ANA Reporter

A crowd of #NotInMyName activists braved the rainy weather in Pretoria on Friday, protesting at the department of international relations and cooperation and condemning the recent wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa. “Where there are issues of jobs, truck companies hiring people who are not properly documented – we must deal with those issues with the department of home affairs, without hurting anyone. Xenophobia is wrong. We are aware that even the president [Cyril Ramaphosa] is trying to sugarcoat these attacks by saying they are only criminal acts. Let us call xenophobia for what it is.”Jentile said it was “deeply concerning” that the victims of the anti-immigrant attacks were only black Africans.

“There are many white foreigners in this country who are from Europe. Nobody says anything about them. We have been taught to hate ourselves and those who look like us, now we say the fellow Africans are taking our jobs. Criminal acts should be dealt with through the justice system.”

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