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“South Africa (SA) is often portrayed internationally as a success-story where the ghosts of the past have been put to rest and where most people now have a more stable income and can enjoy a relatively functional democracy. WRONG!” - Baba Amani Olubanjo Buntu, Executive Director, Johannesburg, South Africa
From: bababuntu@gmail.com [mailto:bababuntu@gmail.com] On Behalf Of BabaBuntu
Sent: 01 March 2017 04:49
To: info@ebukhosinisolutions.co.za
Subject: “XENOPHOBIA IN SA” - A Brief Attempt to Explain What is Going on in South Afrika at the Moment
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“XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA (SA)”
- A BRIEF ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON
By Baba Amani Olubanjo Buntu
To
Afrikans outside South Afrika - I’m sure you are asking yourself: What
is happening in SA right now? You probably hear/see reports about
violent clashes, burning of houses and attacks on innocent people. Black
South Afrikans attacking Afrikans from other countries.
Our
family and close friends have not been directly affected, but it is are
literally taking place just few blocks down from our house. And in
certain areas this increases and decreases in intensity all around the
year. Media is not doing us justice.
They
decide when (and when not) to make this "trend". Actually, this
nightmare is with us every single day (in different ways), and then it
escalates to higher levels at times, like now. This is a devastating
time. And it’s a long and complicated story.
There
are no excuses or valid explanations for this. But it has a lot to do
with SA's unresolved past, the extreme inequalities that exist and the
boiling anger that is under the skin of many S.Afrikans.
SA
is often portrayed internationally as a success-story where the ghosts
of the past have been put to rest and where most people now have a more
stable income and can enjoy a relatively functional democracy. WRONG!
The
basic scenario is as follows: For the majority of South Afrikans, life
is a constant fight of impossibilities, having VERY little to sustain
life. And, having been promised for 25 years that everything will
change. The exploited masses have been underpaid and over-enslaved for
such a long time that it is "normal".
The
government has promised major improvements in regards to employment,
housing and public services. Some has been done, but many communities
are still in desperate needs. The disparities between have’s and
have-not’s are The psyche of many S'Afrikans have been corrupted and
lack the necessary entrepreneurial vision and energy to create a
functional "sub-economy" of self determination. There is a high level of
violence in the communities - as part of daily life.
Many
people are moving to South Afrika from other countries (attracted by
the notion that in SA everyone can make a living….), and mostly the big
cities - Johannesburg and Pretoria are seen to be places to find a
source of income and send money back home.
Due
to the cultural legacy of Apartheid, most S'Afrikans have an inborn
skepticism to other Black "foreigners" (this was well internalized as
Apartheid-regime set one Black language group up against another Black
language group within S'Afrika over many decades – serving now as a
separation template between S’Afrikans and non-S’Afrikan Black people).
People
who come from other Afrikan countries with little finance, can only
find a place to live in communities that are already impoverished. And,
here, the battle for survival is HARSH.
As
people who do not speak a S'Afrikan language and mostly rely on linking
up with their own nationality/language group when they arrive, become
"foreigners" - i.e. seen as a threat and a danger.
People
who come with the intention of living in SA for a few years (to raise
finance) have a completely different motivation and energy than SA's who
have been at the bottom of society for generations.
So,
when poor SA's see "foreigners" who are getting richer, are able to buy
houses, drive cars and sustain businesses - they become even MORE of a
threat. Now, next to all of this, there are also criminal elements (as
we know, crime lives nicely in already impoverished and "lawless"
communities).
We
also know that crime is big business and is orchestrated by people on
higher level using people on the ground, so that they will never be
caught themselves.
The
people on higher level, obviously, are looking for street-soldiers who
are brave, fearless and innovative in how to maximize profit from drugs,
prostitution and other criminal activities.
And,
when crime pays, we know that many of our people will be "attracted" to
it, as it actually offers big money - which again gives access to big
lifestyles (although nowhere near the riches pulled by those who are
actually pulling the strings).
Some people from other Afrikan countries (mixed with some SA's) will take the risk and create a career within crime.
If
you don’t know the bigger story, you can then go through certain
sections of town and observe "many Nigerians" or "many Zimbabweans"
involved in drugs and prostitution. Naturally, Nigerians employ other
Nigerans and Zimbabweans employ other Zimbabweans.
This
makes it look solely like a Nigerian problem or as if Zimbabweans are
the worst criminals (of course, the truth is that only few in the
Nigerian community, the Zimbabwean community etc etc are actually
involved in crime).
Since
many non-SA feel unsafe with SA's (due to violent attacks mounted
against “foreigners”), they set up shops next to people of their own
nationality, stay close to each other and operate support networks with
each other. This is what is meant when SA's claim that "Nigerians are
taking our jobs" etc. Of course, it is not true.
Also, the allegations that "all these foreigners are here illegally"
has another side; getting papers in SA is an absolute night mare.
Systems are incredibly slow and people queue for years on years, as
regulations change and the service stations are messed up. This means
that many people do not have official papers, due to slow systems.
Back
to the point that to some non-South Afrikans, crime becomes the only
option. Now, many "regular South Afrikans", who do not take into account
what I have explained here, face living conditions where they (on top
of struggling with housing, water, sanitation etc) now also see their
own children and youth being lured into criminal lifestyles that seem to
be run by "foreigners".
Remember
what I said about the SA psyche. With these scenarios added, rage
starts to build up due to the powerlessness experienced. And, often,
when people are powerless, they need a scapegoat. And they need an
outlet. Being upset at government doesn’t really work (although there
are many protest rallies against non-existing government services, too).
Being
upset with other people who are equally powerless appears to work. So
hysteria develops and what has started as legitimate concerns develop to
devastating thirst for blood. Reason is erased and marches take the
form of hooliganism. People agitate and a spirit of craziness erupts
where outcries like "kill them" and "get them out" becomes choruses.
This
is how some shops of "foreigners" are burnt (some may have been used
for criminal activities, but many innocent people are harmed in such
raids too). In addition to what may have been started by incensed SA
community residents, there are SA criminals and "lose elements" who join
these marches and escalates the levels of disgruntlement and anger to
insane proportions. Such rallies end up being unbelievably violent and
meaningless. It is actually scary.
I
insist to call this AFRIPHOBIC violence, not Xenophobia. Xenophobia is
fear of those that are actual “strangers”. Afrikans cannot be strangers
or “foreigners” in Afrika. What we see here is an extreme form of an
element we can trace in all Black societies across the world; variations
of self-hatred expressed as rage against our own.
This
is the same Black-on-Black violence we can see in many places across
the Afrikan world. White Supremacy has disempowered the Afrikan being to
such levels that it only reacts with violence.
And
instead of directing this violence towards those who actually represent
an enemy (in South Afrika it would “make sense” if such rage was
expressed against whites who own most of the land, the economy and the
production), it is meted out against representations of “The Black
Other”.
It
is a twisted and dark psychology that expresses itself in many sick
ways. In this instance, it ties in with the generations of pain,
silence, denial, oppression, looting and dehumanization that Black SA’s
have accumulated and never resolved.
I
repeat, this is NOT an excuse or an explanation that justifies what is
going on. It just gives a rational. Without us resolving these issues,
we will continue to have outbreaks of this – and even worse – scenarios.
I
believe - in addition to everything mentioned above - there are outside
instigations, white interests working in the shadows and corruption
with state organs involved in this, too. The only relief is that this is
NOT the mentality of the majority of S.Afrikans.
Most
S.A's are against such violence (although I charge that not enough SA’s
are voicing their disgust strongly enough). The devastating part is
that not enough is being done to prevent and stop such violent
outbreaks, from the side of state organs and government.
This
paralyzes society. And the institutions that could help to stop this
seem part bewildered, part ignorant and part wanting this to happen. It
is devastating.
There
are human rights groups and community organizations involved in
creating dialogue, calm the tensions and trying to resolve conflicts.
But, issues of this nature need a STRONG involvement from state organs; a
clear and resolute intervention to put a complete stop to this
ridiculous violence. Secondly, poverty MUST be addressed.
At
the root of all this are issues of grave inequality and inhuman living
conditions. Thirdly, once this is addressed, dialogues and
entrepreneurial exchange/collaboration must be infused into every
community. Not just talks, but practical experiences of co-existence.
Our
company have several modules that we have infused in a number of
communities on such issues. But, we are helpless when insane flames of
violence are towering above us.
I hope this gives a bit of a picture of what is happening to those who are outside the country.
The struggle continues!
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Baba
Buntu is a Pan-Afrikan activist-scholar and community-teacher hailing
from Anguilla. Went to Azania/SA first in 1993 and repatriated
permanently in 2000 - now living and operating the company eBukhosini
Solutions in Johannesburg.
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BABA BUNTU
Executive Director
Johannesburg
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SOUTH AFRICA: Pan Africanist Congress of Azania Welcomes The Release Of Bonginkosi Khanyie, Student Activist,
“Students
should not be used or abused... Bonginkosi is one of many heroes who
are fighting for a noble cause on earth, he is in a better side of
history unlike charlatans,” Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
Dear Reporter
Pan
Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) welcomes the release of an innocent
student activist who have been incarcerated Robben-Island-style.
This
innocent student have been illegally incarcerated just like PAC
political prisoners who had been in prison since the white rule.
The
release of this students is welcomed in a heroic fashion, he is a
Robben Islander of our times. We must also highlight that political
parties should not become opportunistic by claiming that Cde Bonginkosi
belongs to them. Students should not be used or abused.
The
current government shares similar features with that of the white rule,
the only difference is that the incumbents are black like us which
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as it is very difficult also to identify from us what is the perpetrator
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011 3313 414
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SOUTH AFRICA: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe University. Rational For The Demand
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Memorandum of Demands to the University of Fort Hare
From: Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)
Date: 27 February 2017
Whereas, Azania /South Africa, has suffered ceffnturies of colonial conquest and
plunder perpetuated by the direct British colonialists, and thus paving way for settler
colonialism called apartheid, and later on the current neo-colonialism.
Whereas, in robbing the African people of their land and in overcoming their
resistance, forts had to be built as bastions of white supremacy, and badges of
humiliation to the African people, and Captain Hare was an agent of that brutality
and his Fort Hare was the outcome.
Whereas, a university built on the ruins of Fort Hare, which became a symbol of
African resistance, and produced great leaders who worked to remove the yoke of
oppression from their people's necks, still embraced the colonial name, Fort hare.
Whereas, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who was the institution's SRC President for
the years 1948- 1949, graduated from the institution and became known worldwide
as a symbol of African Resistance, a great thinker, a revolutionary and an Africanist.
Whereas, Mangaliso Sobukwe was the only person in the land who was kept in
Robben island through the passing of a special law, specifically meant for him, which
determined that the continuation of his incarceration must be annually decided
through a vote of the apartheid parliament.
Whereas, Sobukwe declared in his 1949 address as the SRC President, that, Fort
Hare " must be a barometer of African thought".
1
The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, which Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe led as its
founding President, therefore, demands that:-
1. The name of the University of Fort Hare must be changed as it continues to
glorify the genocide and plunder of colonialism carried out against the African
people.
2. The University must be called Mangaliso Sobukwe University as recognition
of the contribution played by this great son of the soil in the liberation of this
country and the entire African continent.
3. The University must embrace and lead the call for decolonisation of
education, and for Higher Education specifically.
4. The University must reflect the values embodied by Mangaliso Sobukwe when
he said "True leadership demands complete subjugation of self, absolute
honesty, integrity and uprightness of character, courage and fearlessness,
and above all, a consuming love for one's people."
We give the University a period of 30 Calendar days to positively respond to these
demands.
We are determined to ensure that these just demands are met, and any failure by
the University to accede, will be met with continued escalation of our actions until
victory is attained.
Submitted by
Date Accepted by Date
2
From: Kenneth Moeng Mokgatlhe [mailto:kmmokgatlhe@gmail.com]
Sent: 27 February 2017 14:08
Subject: Demands to the University of Fort Hare
Sent: 27 February 2017 14:08
Subject: Demands to the University of Fort Hare
Dear Reporter
Please
receive the attached memorandum submitted to the institution in
demanding the institution to be renamed after Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.
There are also moments in a form of pictures which are attached to this Email.
The march was attended by approximately 400 people.
Kind regards
Kenneth Mokgatlhe
PAC Spokesman
011 3313 414
