62 people were brutally killed in the 2008 xenophobic attacks - 21 SAns, 11 Mozambicans, 5 Zimbabweans, 3 Somalis, 22 other foreign nationals. The single largest group of people killed in 2008 were SAn, mostly VhaTsonga. Xenophobia & ethnic mobilization = 2 sides of the same coin
Cameroonian football superstar and current President of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto'o, upon attending an Ecobank group seminar in the city of Douala, Cameroon, met his longtime teammate, who is now working as a security guard.
As a White South African myself, I have never been stopped and asked whether I am a South African or not nor have I ever heard of my fellow White South African brothers or sisters being asked if they're South African or not. The Afrophobia is evident for all to see! @Zwelinzima1