SOUTH Africans were horrified by the picture on the front page of the Sunday Times this past weekend, which showed a thug about to stab a Mozambican national.I felt ashamed to be South African. This violence is morally reprehensible and must be condemned. The knife-wielding thug is not representative of South Africans. Fortuitously, four people have been arrested for the murder.In fact, the government and South Africans in general are responding splendidly to the crisis. President Jacob Zuma took charge as he cancelled a trip to Indonesia and set up an interministerial task team. King Goodwill Zwelithini called an imbizo and exhorted his subjects to protect foreign nationals. There have been myriad other activities.However, we are dealing with the symptoms and, more important, we must also deal with the causes. Society must take stock of the poverty, unemployment and inequality ravaging black communities 21 years into democracy.I say society, as the government cannot deal with the i...
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