Xenophobia is the tip of an iceberg that all African nations should confront
Failing to deal with these issues properly is undermining SA’s credibility on the continent ahead of its assumption of AU leadership in 2020
16 September 2019 - 14:56
The week of September 2 2019 may go down as a watershed moment in SA, on a par with Marikana. It was an extraordinary week of anti-immigrant violence and femicide just as SA was hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa summit in Cape Town in the run-up to its chairing the AU next year.
This may explain the cynical maliciousness in how some AU member heads of state have exploited the events of early September. They do not like the idea of SA dominating as Africa’s most advanced economy (though they don’t mind shopping in Rosebank and Sandton)...
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