We are steadfast we South Africans. We’re not going to the dogs, we insist, even as the hounds of hell hump our legs and piss on our shoes. We are not xenophobic, we aver. Such confidence, even as mobs snake through Johannesburg, brandishing knobkieries and pangas, baying “Mugabe is dead, go back to Zimbabwe”.
Jacob Zuma was similarly hypocritical. In 2015 - after violence claimed seven migrant lives - Zuma told AU leaders that the “actions of a few” did not justify the X-word slur. He cited as evidence that many had taken a public stand against attacks on foreigners, which “shattered the stereotype that South Africans are intolerant against fellow Africans”.
The parliamentary justice and security cluster issued a statement that “SA is not xenophobic”. As part of attention-deflection from the X-word, some sought refuge in deep intellectual pondering. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande blamed capitalism. International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor blamed apartheid.
The previous week Magashule’s response had been to express regret that it was being directed at “people who have the same skin colour as us”, rather than those “many others with a whitish colour” have never been attacked, because they are also so-called foreigners”. At least he is now getting “on message” with the official ANC line.
While Ace should expect a chiding from the ANC’s political commissars for that little slip, xenophobic and tribal denialism is prevalent among black nationalists.
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