Transferred aggression
Ben Ephson, the Managing Editor of Daily Dispatch newspaper in Ghana thinks that xenophobic attacks occur because Black South Africans are “lazy” and “jealous” of the wealth that foreigners make in their country, thereby making such foreigners in places like Johannesburg and Pretoria to lock themselves up in their homes – unable to go about their normal business activities.
“Essentially, when people are poor, they feel frustrated and they want to vent their anger on innocent people,” he stated as he explained reasons he thinks they are frustrated as a result of their poverty caused by their own lazy attitude towards work.
“You live in a community with people who have come there looking for opportunities. They work maybe 18 or 20 hours a day and you see them buying things and shipping it home or the guy has gone to buy a motorbike or has gotten a second-hand vehicle he or she is using and you begin to think: ‘I live here (but) I don’t have these things, why should they have it?’ forgetting that you are being lazy.
“Maybe you are not prepared to take 200 Rand an hour. You are asking for 400 Rand an hour and he (the foreigner) coming there knowing what he or she wants to do is taking 200 Rand. So, they (South Africans) decide to go on a looting spree. Something needs to spark them to do this and it’s more of poverty, need and jealousy, he added.”
A Nigerian immigrant asserted that he and his fellow Nigerians have been working hard in South African.
The Nigerian who pleaded for anonymity said: “People here are saying that Nigerians are bringing in drugs and promoting prostitution. But can I tell you something, while I don’t condone crime, Nigerians are not the only ones involved in crime here.
“It’s all too easy to profile one group and that is not right. It’s also dangerous and puts people’s lives in danger; it’s important for South Africans to know that not all of us are criminals, the same way not all South Africans are engaged in crime.”
In an online publication quoting a study by The Economist, www.thesouthafrican.com states that as a matter of fact, many South Africans are lazy. It referred to a data compiled by The Economist, using information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Journal of Public Health. Painting South Africans as being among the laziest in the world, the data states that nearly 50 per cent of South African adults have “sedentary” lifestyles while the global average is 23 per cent. South Africa was also ranked as the fifth most inactive country in the world, behind Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Malaysia.”
Despite efforts by the government, many South Africans lack access to housing, water, land and other essentials of life but President Zuma who rejects any suggestion of South Africans being xenophobic has had cause to describe his people as lazy lots.
In a March 25, 2015 report, South Africa’s The Citizen newspaper, in a report titled: “Zuma slams lazy South Africans” quoted President Zuma as saying that his people are lazy and that dictatorial fiat may be needed to effect a change of attitude.
“Our people are waiting for the government. Our people are not used to standing up and doing things. These ones (foreigners) are not expecting any government to do anything, so they get here, see opportunities and exploit them”, the paper stated.
The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria Lulu Mnguni traced the attacks by South Africans on their guests to the belief that their means of livelihood was under threat.
President Jacob Zuma has condemned the attacks and warned that he would not condone the situation. Mnguni also assured that his country does not hate but feels threatened somewhat.
The envoy said: “The root cause can be viewed more as social challenges that exist when some people find out that their businesses are being threatened. When we were growing up, we had businesses that were run by our own people but now they feel that outsiders have taken over.”
“Essentially, when people are poor, they feel frustrated and they want to vent their anger on innocent people,” he stated as he explained reasons he thinks they are frustrated as a result of their poverty caused by their own lazy attitude towards work.
“You live in a community with people who have come there looking for opportunities. They work maybe 18 or 20 hours a day and you see them buying things and shipping it home or the guy has gone to buy a motorbike or has gotten a second-hand vehicle he or she is using and you begin to think: ‘I live here (but) I don’t have these things, why should they have it?’ forgetting that you are being lazy.
“Maybe you are not prepared to take 200 Rand an hour. You are asking for 400 Rand an hour and he (the foreigner) coming there knowing what he or she wants to do is taking 200 Rand. So, they (South Africans) decide to go on a looting spree. Something needs to spark them to do this and it’s more of poverty, need and jealousy, he added.”
A Nigerian immigrant asserted that he and his fellow Nigerians have been working hard in South African.
The Nigerian who pleaded for anonymity said: “People here are saying that Nigerians are bringing in drugs and promoting prostitution. But can I tell you something, while I don’t condone crime, Nigerians are not the only ones involved in crime here.
“It’s all too easy to profile one group and that is not right. It’s also dangerous and puts people’s lives in danger; it’s important for South Africans to know that not all of us are criminals, the same way not all South Africans are engaged in crime.”
In an online publication quoting a study by The Economist, www.thesouthafrican.com states that as a matter of fact, many South Africans are lazy. It referred to a data compiled by The Economist, using information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Journal of Public Health. Painting South Africans as being among the laziest in the world, the data states that nearly 50 per cent of South African adults have “sedentary” lifestyles while the global average is 23 per cent. South Africa was also ranked as the fifth most inactive country in the world, behind Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Malaysia.”
Despite efforts by the government, many South Africans lack access to housing, water, land and other essentials of life but President Zuma who rejects any suggestion of South Africans being xenophobic has had cause to describe his people as lazy lots.
In a March 25, 2015 report, South Africa’s The Citizen newspaper, in a report titled: “Zuma slams lazy South Africans” quoted President Zuma as saying that his people are lazy and that dictatorial fiat may be needed to effect a change of attitude.
“Our people are waiting for the government. Our people are not used to standing up and doing things. These ones (foreigners) are not expecting any government to do anything, so they get here, see opportunities and exploit them”, the paper stated.
The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria Lulu Mnguni traced the attacks by South Africans on their guests to the belief that their means of livelihood was under threat.
President Jacob Zuma has condemned the attacks and warned that he would not condone the situation. Mnguni also assured that his country does not hate but feels threatened somewhat.
The envoy said: “The root cause can be viewed more as social challenges that exist when some people find out that their businesses are being threatened. When we were growing up, we had businesses that were run by our own people but now they feel that outsiders have taken over.”
In search of truce
Apparently tired of living in fear, Nigerians in South Africa urged the Federal Government to diplomatically address their challenges.
The row that ensued between the Senate and the House of Representatives over which of the chambers should raise a fact-finding team to South Africa was laid to rest with the withdrawal of the Red Chamber. Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu announced the Senate concession.
According to the list announced on the floor of the House by Deputy Speaker Lasun Yusuff, the delegation to South Africa would be led by House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila. In the team are: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnena Okeje (PDP, Abia); Sadiq Ibrahim (APC, Adamawa); Henry Nwawuba (PDP, Imo); Nasiru Daura (APC, Katsina) and Shehu Musa (APC, Bauchi.
The House resolved that its delegation and officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry should engage the parliament of South Africa and Nigerians in South Africa on the xenophobic attacks with a few to stopping such attacks and preventing any future occurrence.
Not a few Nigerians condemned the attacks on Nigerians by their South African hosts.
Lagos-based lawyer Femi Falana wrote to President Jacob Zuma, threatening to take a legal action against South Africa at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians continue.
In his letter, the rights’ crusade and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) urged the South African authorities to identify perpetrators of the attacks, prosecute them and ensure compensation for victims of the attacks.
Falana noted that since 2008, xenophobic violence and other criminal acts had continued across South Africa, claiming lives, leaving countless victims injured and robbing them of their property.
The letter reads: “We are writing to request you to use your leadership position to urgently identify suspected perpetrators of criminal acts and xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans living in South Africa and to bring them to justice promptly.
“We also urge you to promote and ensure access to justice and the right to effective remedy and reparations to victims. We believe that it is the failure of your government to bring perpetrators to justice and protect the victims of the xenophobic attacks that has resulted in a vicious cycle of attacks and impunity.
“These xenophobic attacks and violence are not only human rights violations but also criminal acts, and the persistent failure to proactively address the problems is a serious affront to the rule of law, and directly breaches your government’s international human rights obligations including under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, particularly Article 12 on the right to movement.”
Many believe the masterminds of the February 24 attacks would be fished out and sanctioned to serve as a deterrent and to forestall such attacks.
The row that ensued between the Senate and the House of Representatives over which of the chambers should raise a fact-finding team to South Africa was laid to rest with the withdrawal of the Red Chamber. Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu announced the Senate concession.
According to the list announced on the floor of the House by Deputy Speaker Lasun Yusuff, the delegation to South Africa would be led by House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila. In the team are: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnena Okeje (PDP, Abia); Sadiq Ibrahim (APC, Adamawa); Henry Nwawuba (PDP, Imo); Nasiru Daura (APC, Katsina) and Shehu Musa (APC, Bauchi.
The House resolved that its delegation and officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry should engage the parliament of South Africa and Nigerians in South Africa on the xenophobic attacks with a few to stopping such attacks and preventing any future occurrence.
Not a few Nigerians condemned the attacks on Nigerians by their South African hosts.
Lagos-based lawyer Femi Falana wrote to President Jacob Zuma, threatening to take a legal action against South Africa at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians continue.
In his letter, the rights’ crusade and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) urged the South African authorities to identify perpetrators of the attacks, prosecute them and ensure compensation for victims of the attacks.
Falana noted that since 2008, xenophobic violence and other criminal acts had continued across South Africa, claiming lives, leaving countless victims injured and robbing them of their property.
The letter reads: “We are writing to request you to use your leadership position to urgently identify suspected perpetrators of criminal acts and xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans living in South Africa and to bring them to justice promptly.
“We also urge you to promote and ensure access to justice and the right to effective remedy and reparations to victims. We believe that it is the failure of your government to bring perpetrators to justice and protect the victims of the xenophobic attacks that has resulted in a vicious cycle of attacks and impunity.
“These xenophobic attacks and violence are not only human rights violations but also criminal acts, and the persistent failure to proactively address the problems is a serious affront to the rule of law, and directly breaches your government’s international human rights obligations including under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, particularly Article 12 on the right to movement.”
Many believe the masterminds of the February 24 attacks would be fished out and sanctioned to serve as a deterrent and to forestall such attacks.
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