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.

*President Zuma
“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

Imagine what a President is saying no wonder he did very little to help the situation. Is it only south africa that has immigrants? What would France, UAE or USA say?

Well, don't blame him after all he's a Zulu man. Na fight dem sabi pass

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Clueless should be this Zuma's second name

This is a very bad statement by Zuma. He should apologise and also prosecute the Zulu king instigated the uproar. It is well.


Please check my signature too. Thanks.

salt?

This Zuma needs Jesus.
His brain needs a touch from our Beloved Creator.
What president spills the kind of trash?? I mean is this man an African?
Acting like a toad that he is. No wonder he dis little to salvage the situation.

Zuma is just a cow

Immigrants everywhere local and international stay and develop your land , your region and country. Stop going around looking for trouble. Eze wuruwuru! You know yerself.

ibedun:
Immigrants everywhere local and international stay and develop your land , your region and country. Stop going around looking for trouble. Eze wuruwuru! You know yerself.

ibedun:
Immigrants everywhere local and international stay and develop your land , your region and country. Stop going around looking for trouble. Eze wuruwuru! You know yerself.

Mumu!

I thought this man's brain is active.
I just found out that his skull is filles with sand and charcoal. Smh for dis kinda leaders