I Am Ashamed of Being A South African

For the first time in my life I have never felt so ashamed of being a South African untill recently. My embarrasment is fuelled by the ongoing xenophobic attacks that have cripped Gauteng province. I have never seen such hatred that "we" South Africans show to other fellow Africans. I don't care who says what, but there is absolutely no excuse for anyone to deliberately kill another human being. The horrible scences we see in the media recently are the reminiscence of the apartheid. The only difference is these are only senseless killings. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia, AFP

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TALENT UNLEASHED: Dr Mary Malahlela Primary School Marimba Band performs during Ikusasa Lami Orientation Day on 14 May 2008 at the Carnival City, Gauteng. Photo: Nkosana Lekotjolo.

South Africans must renounce Xenophobia

Xenophobia in South Africa is not something new. But the xenophobic attacks reported in the media in Alexandra and recently in Diepsloot - against fellow Africans, is something not only the country should be ashamed of but it's also inhuman to say the least. There is absolutely no excuse for any human being to inflict pain and kill another because they are illigal immigrants and "will take their jobs away."

I don't buy the argument that suggests that African foreigners in the country are the main cause of crime. We seem to have forgotten quickly how we lived and were treated under apartheid. Photo: Antoine de Ras, Daily News.