Xenophobia in South Africa -

W A R N I N G :

In the past two weeks, the large centres in South Africa were the
scenes of anarchy and bloodshed. As a result of the Government's
ineptitude, it's devil-may-care attitude in spite of warnings, the
lack of a proper national intelligence sytem, inability to properly
patrol its borders and the corruption of its border- and Internal
Affairs officials, there has been a steady increase of illegal
immigrants into South Africa over the last decade. These are mostly
poor souls from other scumbag-regimes such as Zimbabwe, Somalia, the
Democratic (sic) Republic of the Congo and also opportunists from
Nigeria etc. out for a fast buck. It is said that up to date they
might number close to five million.

In the last two weeks, the pot finally blew its lid and local blacks
went on the rampage. A spree of killings, rapings, beatings, and
burnings ensued and an under-manned, under-equipped and under-trained
Police force is currently under tremendous pressure to try and contain
it - so much so, that President Mbeki (also nicknamed 'Thabo the
Silent') finally ordered the Defence Force into the multitude of
townships to help contain the violence. Characteristically, both the
President and Vice President were out of the country during all this,
thinking it more convenient to visit their peers abroad. The locals
maintain that the foreigners are depriving them of jobs and
opportunities, by swamping the available resources for themselves.
This is not entirely true; some (like the Chinese and Pakistani's who
were also attacked) actually create job opportunities.

I'm afraid that all this simply follows a predictable pattern -
it appears that young ethnic Africans (remember that I am an African
too) thrive on occasional intrigue, unrest, looting and pillaging;
this has never changed since Pontius was a pupil Pilot.
Lately it has become a national disgrace and the illegal immigrants
are fleeing the country in droves. Many are dead, many more are in
hospital and all have lost their homes and belongings to opportunist
looters and arsonists. The dreaded 'necklace' killings, made famous by
the ANC in the late 80's, has been revived by the marauding rabble.

My appeal to friends and relatives locally and oversease is to
circulate this e-mail to your own address listings, with the request
that the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup be denied to South Africa. This
country has now been seen as not 'mature' enough to host such a world
class event. This will bring tens of thousands of foreigners to watch
the games, and their safety cannot be guaranteed! There is not enough
time left to re-educate a scumbag population before the World Cup
event starts.

I've been on this continent for twelve generations, and I love it
dearly. I am not a traitor to my country; I'm trying to avoid what can
become a huge embarrassment for us, not to mention a series of
tragedies.

Pres. Mbeki made out that these perpetrations were performed by 'a
few' (!) - that's a lot of horse-manure. The streets were full of
marauding hooligans. Tens of thousands of foreigners that are
streaming back to their countries could not have been scared off by
'a few hooligans'!

The attached pics (some of recent and some of not-so-recent upheavals)
speak for themselves.

Chris Pretorius, Cape Town, South Africa.