President Jacob Zuma on Monday hit out at other
African countries after South Africa faced a
backlash over the wave of anti-foreigner attacks
in the country.

While Zuma condemned the violence, saying
immigrants contributed to the South African
economy, he also questioned why so many had
flocked to South Africa.

“As much as we can have a problem alleged to be
xenophobic, our brother countries contributed to
this,” he said.

“Why are the citizens not in their countries?”
Earlier in April, mobs in Johannesburg and in the
port city of Durban targeted migrants, ransacking
their homes and burning shops.

Seven people died and thousands were displaced.
South Africa faced a backlash over the attacks
and regional relations have been strained, with
Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique organising for
some of their fearful citizens to return home.

Nigeria has also recalled its ambassador in
Pretoria over the attacks while there have been
widespread calls for South African products to be
boycotted.

But Zuma went on a counter-offensive Monday,
saying his government would strengthen
measures to tackle illegal immigration.

“Some of them (immigrants) had very serious
allegations against their own countries to explain
why they are in South Africa,” Zuma said,
speaking on Freedom Day that marks the
country’s first democratic elections in 1994.

“In fact, some of them warned us that there is
almost certainly another wave of refugees coming
given the developments in their own countries.

“We have to address the underlying causes of the
violence and tensions, which is the legacy of
poverty, unemployment and inequality in our
country and our continent and the competition for
limited resources,” Zuma said.

Many South Africans have blamed the attacks on
poverty and a severe jobs shortage in Africa’s
second biggest economy. Undocumented
immigrants are often accused of accepting work
for less pay.

The spate of attacks has revived memories of
xenophobic bloodshed in 2008, when 62 people
were killed, tarnishing South Africa’s post-
apartheid image as a “rainbow nation” of
different groups living in harmony.

The South African army was deployed in some of
the worst hit areas last week in a bid to crack
down on the violence against immigrants.


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Onyi42:

“As much as we can have a problem alleged to be xenophobic, our brother countries contributed to this,” he said.
“Why are the citizens not in their countries?”

I see that all these attacks are a collective effort of the south African Government and the Citizens.
How will a statement like this not give birth to another attacks?

what is Zuma feeling like? with his big head and pot belly.

Even the president? Foreigners shld just leave SA abeg

Zuma contacted AIDs due to his promiscuity!
He shud first lead a "responsible" life b4 evn being considered to talk abt Nigeria

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A wise leader won't say this even if that's what they would after the storm is calm. This Zuma sef no get sense pass GEJ.

no matter which part of africa we come from,most africans including leaders talks as if they have the brain of a he-goat.

The guy speaks from his arse, he says whatever his peanut head thinks,
the title of cluelessness is very apt for him not Goodluck.

Too bad...foreigners should just leave these people since they want to be on their own...cut off from the world.

Those immigrants were not holding government jobs. These are self-employed people running their own small businesses. So why blame them for stealing south Africans' jobs ?
If all countries had to kill immigrants then all big cities in this world would be covered with blood on daily basis.

d man called Zuma talk senseless. May be he has forgotten that Some south Africans are hustling in other con3. shameless slowpoke

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opug_o2uG88

Why are South Africans in other countries?

Zuma was never cut out to be a Leader. No leader will talk like this., Zuma is a south african, f00lishness is in his blood. When last did you see a black south african talking sense on tv? Even mandela at one time suffered from this same ineptness. When he said Nigeria was the cause of africa's problem. South africans are Generally not very smart. They are not competitive and they cannot survive globalization. Take a south african out of south africa and he will become a road side begger. They have no creative capacity. If they were creative they will be happy to welcome more foreigners into their country to grow their market. All they do is drink, Fvxk and transmit Aids, steal and stab people and rape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opug_o2uG88

[size=15pt]Julius Malema accused President Zuma and
his son Edward Zuma for xenophobic attacks[/size]

osystein:
The guy speaks from his arse, he says whatever his peanut head thinks,
the title of cluelessness is very apt for him not Goodluck.

Gbam ...u got it right