I chose the blog title, because that is exactly how CNN introduced the issue of the xenophobia once again flaring up in South Africa.  It is tragic when we have to see that once again we are on CNN and SKY TV for xenophobic violence.  A 14 year old boy was killed, as we all know, amongst numerous others.  To tie a 14 year old up and then set him on fire is just absolute disgusting savagery.  It is a tragedy that a culture that encourages Ubuntu and where everyone is a brother or a sister is so unwelcoming to immigrants from nearby countries.  A Mail and Guardian editorial remarked that “Some South Africans are irked by the business competition offered by foreigners and the spectacle of Africans who are more successful than they are.  Perhaps because of South Africa’s culture of entitlement, the entrepreneurial spirit and hard work so evident in immigrant communities has become a source of resentment.”

CNN interviewed our Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba who mentioned his meetings with the King of the Zulu people who recently made some disgraceful remarks that foreigners are parasitic ticks. What we need is something that we don’t see often and that is that all of the people that are involved in this violence need to be charged, punished severely and those who are involved in the murders can spend 30 or 50 years in jail.  After the London riots, the British police and the justice system reacted so quickly and so harshly that you can rest assured you will not see those types of riots again for as long as people remember the very harsh sentences that were given to those who stole even small items.  We need to see similar harsh action by our police and our judicial system and charges against all of those who want to make idiotic statements, such as President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward.