When Memory Dies: South Africa's Convenient Amnesia
Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, a South African activist, accused the Ghanaian government of "overreacting." According to her, nobody was beaten, the backlash was exaggerated, and the evacuation of Ghanaians was merely a public relations stunt.
The article states that Africans are hunted, threatened, looted, and attacked in South Africa because they are foreigners. The writer, Evans Mawunyo Tsikata, argues that this is xenophobia, not "criminality" or "community frustration." Excuses such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, and resource competition are given, but the anger is directed at fellow Africans, not every foreign national. The article questions why South African companies operate peacefully across Africa while South Africans mistreat other Africans.
The article highlights that during apartheid, African countries supported South Africa's liberation movements.
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A Ghanaian writer reflects on xenophobia in South Africa, where some feel Africans are treated as unwanted pests - and questions whether South Africa has forgotten the support it received during apartheid. Is history repeating itself?
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