Xenophobic attacks

As many of you may have seen on the news recently there has been a large number of Xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. Not only are people from Zimbabwe, Mozambique and other Southern African countries getting caught up in this but so are many locals.

The Red Cross of South Africa have set up a fund-raising drive. Any one can donate to this via credit card so its not only for South Africans so please visit the following page to donate.

http://donations.redcross.org.za/ please also ensure you quote the correct refrance number so that the money goes to the right cause.

Its quite sad to see South Africa in this state.

I had to look up Xenophobia as I did not clearly understand what it meant.

Found the following meanings of the word

Xenophobia - –noun an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.

Xenophobia is a fear or contempt of that which is foreign or unknown, especially of strangers or foreign people.^[1] It comes from the Greek words ξένος (xenos), meaning "foreigner," "stranger," and φόβος (phobos), meaning "fear." The term is typically used to describe a fear or dislike of foreigners or of people significantly different from oneself.

And here I was thinking that SA had become such a divers place to live and that it had come a long way since I lived in SA 6 years ago.

I hope this madness comes to an end sooner rather than later.