XENOPHOBIA: Four years later, Parliamentary report on xenophobic violence is still not implemented By Sandisiwe Shoba
After its adoption, according to former co-chairperson of the committee and ANC MP Tekoetsile Motlashuping, the report was tabled before the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.This was not the first time that Parliament had compiled a report looking into the matter of xenophobic violence. In 2008, a task team was established to probe the attacks which took place in Alexandra, Tembisa, Germiston and Reigerpark in Gauteng.
Mark Heywood, the former executive director of Section27, agrees with this, saying South Africa is a “tinder-box” where xenophobic violence can be “set alight quite easily and quickly”.I think that pre-elections is a time of heightened political tension generally. It’s also a time where poorer people will want to make clear what their demands are and want to be seen by politicians, and for their desperation and desperate situations to be seen.
According to Heywood, “it’s the failure of the state in creating jobs in health and basic education ” that is to blame.
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