Xenophobia from my good eye.

Xenophobia from my good eye
Phatludi “P” Masite

First and foremost, violence has never been a smart solution in the history of Africa. I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to my greater African family and say to the week and weary “we are stronger and smarter than Xenophobia and we will overcome the evils it brings”.

About the South Africans (Poverty is a source of all evil!!!!)

“We, the people of South Africa, feel fulfilled that humanity has taken us back into its bosom, that we, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil.” Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech - Pretoria May 10 1994.

On May 10 1994, I could have promised the people of the world that black on black violence would never again be a part of our daily lives. I was quite young but understood that I was a witness to a black revolution that had reached maturity and was ready bear the fruits of decades of self sacrifices, blood shed, pain and suffering. Many men had fought to get us to this point, such was the fight that those men had very little to give at that point, hence it was logical to pass the torch on to younger and stronger generation. It was made clear by Madiba, beyond a reasonable doubt where this torch was headed when he said.

“We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world.
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. “
Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech - Pretoria May 10 1994.

It is my opinion now that the recent government and the people it governs have failed to meet the objectives of the first democratically elected government. The people have been conditioned to seek employment as a means to self sustenance. It is only recently that we are seeking to employ and empower ourselves, however we are not in good condition to do so. We haven’t the capital to do so; many decades of systematic robbery have got us fooled into believing that political freedom alone is enough. We as Africans have been robbed of everything that mother Africa has given us to sustain ourselves and have been left to run a political puppet show.

There is something terribly wrong about quite diplomacy. There is something not right about being politically correct. There is something not right about democracy… if idiots gather unanimously in one voice, they have the constitutional right to be heard and not only that, but they can overthrow governments.

Word on the street is: foreigners (Nigerians especially) are in positions to start businesses and acquire business property with dirty money, Caucasians and Asians (Indian & Chinese) are still using apartheid fortunes to fund their businesses while the South African government is failing the people in that regard.

South Africa is poor; capitalism is at its peak. The masses are hungry and hunger harbors violence. People from outside our man made borders have been driven out of theirs by the very same factors that drove us out of our borders beyond theirs. Disillusioned by what they see on television and hear on radio, our neighbours flock to what they think is a reservoir of life on the continent, not knowing what the South African reality is: the average black man is still suffering. I believe that the enemies of the African people are aware of this and are using it just like they did with the IFP to get us to fight amongst ourselves. In any environment competition for limited resources gives birth to violence.

This situation is not unique to Africa, when 911 happened, a lot of people were displaced, abused and disgraced by one of the more mature democracies on earth, and the aftermath was a senseless war that killed many American and Afghan people for what we know now was a front for the greed and need of minerals and energy.

I read a headline today, “I was paid to kill foreigners”.

"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth."

Steven Bantu Biko. 1978

A people without good leadership is like a headless chicken, running around with no sense of direction spreading blood and panic everywhere it goes.