According to a 2005 report, South Africa is the
number one destination for foreign students in
Africa. Considering the fact that a South African
University education will cost a foreign student
one-third of what he or she would have spent in
Britain or the United States, as well as the
relative closeness to home and the quality of
education the country can boast of, this is a good
deal. But, with the recent wave of xenophobic
attacks in South Africa, it has become a tricky,
more dangerous deal.

Elizabeth Johnson left Nigeria four years ago to
study law at North-West University, in South
Africa. Although, killing of foreigners in the
country by a section of disgruntled youths may
come as a surprise to many across the globe, she
says that Xenophobia in itself is not a new
phenomenon in the country. She told Saturday
School Life, SSL that “there is nothing really
surprising about it. Xenophobia has always been
a lifestyle that sufficed across the country only
that one couldn’t have imagined that it will
escalate up to the current level after so many
years of civilisation.”

Zimbabwean, Nomatter Ndebele who recently
graduated from journalism school at the
University of the Witwatersrand is very surprised
at the turn of events in the country she has come
to call home. Her country, along with Botswana
and Namibia, is one of the biggest providers of
students to South African universities. Her
words: “I am very surprised at these attacks. I
have studied in South Africa all my life; at every
level. After the 2008 Xenophobic attacks I really
thought that the general idea amongst the
masses was that it was a terrible and an unjust
thing. People were so outraged, that I never
imagined that they would willingly go back to that
place.”

Johnson on the other hand, admits that
“insecurity raged severally as soon as her peers
spotted her as a “foreigner.” ‘I have
encountered xenophobia on several occasions
since I came here, but you just have to continue
to keep your head high! The fact that I could not
speak or understand any of the 12 official
languages in my first days in the Republic
deterred me severally from getting assistance
from natives.”

Ironically, Xenophobia seems to be the case of the
Black South Africans. Foreign students told SSL
that most often the whites are always of
assistance, easily approachable and easy to get
along with. ‘It doesn’t makes sense,” says
Johnson. “There really isn’t any reason to hate a
fellow black African or any foreigner for that
matter.

As there are foreigners in South Africa so also do
we have South Africans as foreigners in other
countries. Foreigners pay taxes and add to the
development of the country sometime we pay
double to get services. South Africans in the
days of Apartheid sought refuge in other
countries and were accepted with love. Why should
they decide to pay back with so much hatred?”
Individuals and groups responsible for Xenophobic
attacks blame foreigners for taking opportunities
meant for indigenous South Africans. But
Johnsons brings in logic to this twisted tale. Why
should an uneducated person think that a qualified
medical Doctor from another African country is
the reason for his unemployment? People travel
long distances not to play but to work hard.

Xenophobia, I believe, is an extension of racism.
Knowledge and exposure still has a paramount role
to play. Everyone is a stranger somewhere. I love
South Africa. It’s so beautiful here with the
European weather to go with; fascinating
Landscape, Mountains and Wild life. We are one
Africa, and we should stick together and say no to
Xenophobia.’ The latest wave of xenophobic
attacks has left seven people dead, hundreds
injured, and thousands without a place to call
home.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/learning-in-the-face-of-xenophobia-foreign-students-in-south-africa-speak-up/

south african nonsense.

just passing

Now they realized its their country, but it took all the so hated neighbors to help mandela out of prison, well mandela will be ashamed of them.

Onyi42:
According to a 2005 report, South Africa is the
number one destination for foreign students in
Africa. Considering the fact that a South African
University education will cost a foreign student
one-third of what he or she would have spent in
Britain or the United States, as well as the
relative closeness to home and the quality of
education the country can boast of, this is a good
deal. But, with the recent wave of xenophobic
attacks in South Africa, it has become a tricky,
more dangerous deal.

Elizabeth Johnson left Nigeria four years ago to
study law at North-West University, in South
Africa. Although, killing of foreigners in the
country by a section of disgruntled youths may
come as a surprise to many across the globe, she
says that Xenophobia in itself is not a new
phenomenon in the country. She told Saturday
School Life, SSL that “there is nothing really
surprising about it. Xenophobia has always been
a lifestyle that sufficed across the country only
that one couldn’t have imagined that it will
escalate up to the current level after so many
years of civilisation.”

Zimbabwean, Nomatter Ndebele who recently
graduated from journalism school at the
University of the Witwatersrand is very surprised
at the turn of events in the country she has come
to call home. Her country, along with Botswana
and Namibia, is one of the biggest providers of
students to South African universities. Her
words: “I am very surprised at these attacks. I
have studied in South Africa all my life; at every
level. After the 2008 Xenophobic attacks I really
thought that the general idea amongst the
masses was that it was a terrible and an unjust
thing. People were so outraged, that I never
imagined that they would willingly go back to that
place.”

Johnson on the other hand, admits that
“insecurity raged severally as soon as her peers
spotted her as a “foreigner.” ‘I have
encountered xenophobia on several occasions
since I came here, but you just have to continue
to keep your head high! The fact that I could not
speak or understand any of the 12 official
languages in my first days in the Republic
deterred me severally from getting assistance
from natives.”

Ironically, Xenophobia seems to be the case of the
Black South Africans. Foreign students told SSL
that most often the whites are always of
assistance, easily approachable and easy to get
along with. ‘It doesn’t makes sense,” says
Johnson. “There really isn’t any reason to hate a
fellow black African or any foreigner for that
matter.

As there are foreigners in South Africa so also do
we have South Africans as foreigners in other
countries. Foreigners pay taxes and add to the
development of the country sometime we pay
double to get services. South Africans in the
days of Apartheid sought refuge in other
countries and were accepted with love. Why should
they decide to pay back with so much hatred?”
Individuals and groups responsible for Xenophobic
attacks blame foreigners for taking opportunities
meant for indigenous South Africans. But
Johnsons brings in logic to this twisted tale. Why
should an uneducated person think that a qualified
medical Doctor from another African country is
the reason for his unemployment? People travel
long distances not to play but to work hard.

Xenophobia, I believe, is an extension of racism.
Knowledge and exposure still has a paramount role
to play. Everyone is a stranger somewhere. I love
South Africa. It’s so beautiful here with the
European weather to go with; fascinating
Landscape, Mountains and Wild life. We are one
Africa, and we should stick together and say no to
Xenophobia.’ The latest wave of xenophobic
attacks has left seven people dead, hundreds
injured, and thousands without a place to call
home.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/learning-in-the-face-of-xenophobia-foreign-students-in-south-africa-speak-up/

bloody SA LOSERS

Yes they are lossers