It is good to have the president, the Anglican archbishop and also former IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi among the high-status leaders explicitly condemning xenophobia by name.

All that prevents these looting and burning riots from being termed pogroms is that our police try to arrest the rioters, instead of encouraging them. ..

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