International relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor ascribed the recent xenophobic attacks to the legacy of apartheid. The inequalities that resulted from decades of discrimination caused the poverty that fuels resentment and anger at others who only recently entered SA yet seem better off.

Though Pandor’s speech made sense, it is what was not said that must be heard as it is what is being said...

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