Been saying this, I am not South African I am Namibian but we don’t have a culture of selling in our streets, these behaviors are from Zimbabwe and west Africa.
You can’t think twice about this, they failed to dominate their local politicians and government in Nigeria
Yet they want to use pan Africanism to buy sympathy while abusing South Africans in their own Country
We must never let go of our Stand point
They must go home and fix
@ArenaAFRIQUE@News24@JacintaNgobese@JDMahama Stop crying ffs and start looking for them missing poor people who drowned in the floods in that shithole, build some sewers and roads before barking on the internet too and someone might take that hellhole seriously someday.
The Bangladesh cricket team joined hands with the Zimbabwean cricket team to send a clear message against xenophobia. Images such as these are now circulating around the world, further damaging South Africa’s international reputation.
This is exactly what the adversaries and enemies of South Africa, and those who sponsor and exploit xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks, want. Their objective is to isolate South Africa from the rest of Africa and the wider international community, make it more difficult for South African businesses to secure contracts across the continent and beyond, and ultimately weaken the country’s economy.
Economic hardship then becomes fertile ground for instability and chaos.
Any sensible, educated and patriotic South African should understand what is at stake. Words and actions that reinforce the perception that South Africa is hostile to fellow Africans do not serve the country’s national interest. They undermine South Africa’s standing in the region, on the continent and internationally.
The narrative spreading across Africa and beyond is that South Africa is becoming a xenophobic and Afrophobic country. Every incident that reinforces that perception makes it harder for South African businesses, investors and workers who depend on strong relationships with the rest of the continent.
Patriotism is not about shouting slogans on social media. It is about protecting your country’s reputation, economic interests and long-term prosperity. Anyone who continues to normalise or justify xenophobia is not strengthening South Africa; they are helping to damage its international reputation and, with it, the very economy on which millions of South Africans depend.