Since March 2019, South Africa have spurned cries of xenophobia and has been spiraling into utter chaos and barbarism the likes that haven't been seen in over a decade. The horrific video that was taken is of a foreigner being set ablaze with police looking on and laughing. With all of this South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned "acts of wanton violence" against foreigners as crowds of people plundered shops and set fire to buildings for a second day in the country's commercial capital, Johannesburg. Yet he's not even in the country.
South Africa has been crippled with corruption that leads all the way to the very top. The country has been swept up by rioting, looting and burning down everything in its path, killings of black on black and black on white has taken the country by storm to the point of now kidnapping children in broad daylight asking for millions in ransom. The government is state captured and it would seem clear why a new government can't be newly elected? Yesterdays riots came after hundreds of people marched in Johannesburg's Central Business District (CBD) demanding foreigners to leave. They targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. Lerato Peete, a South African woman, told a local newspaper, that she was angry at her fellow citizens for attacking their African “brothers and sisters.” “I am so ashamed to be South African on this day,” she said. “How is it possible that a black person can be a foreigner in Africa? My mom was an activist, my father was an activist. I was born out of South Africa because we didn’t have a place to call our own.”
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sent an envoy to South Africa on Tuesday to "express Nigeria's displeasure over the treatment of her citizens". The country's high commission in South Africa described the situation as "anarchy". The government alleges that Nigerian-owned businesses were targeted in Johannesburg and it has called on Nigerians to come forward to report what has happened to them. Ethiopia's embassy in South Africa has advised its citizens to close their businesses during the ongoing tension, it also says that Ethiopians are advised to "distance themselves from any confrontation and conflict" and not go out wearing expensive jewelry. Meanwhile, Zambia's transport ministry has said that truck drivers should "avoid traveling to South Africa until the security situation improves".
It is rather obvious to see that the country has imploded into anarchy and the police and security divisions have lost complete control of the situation. My colleague and dear friend Debbie Els who's on the ground in Cape Town has been reporting and attending Parliamentary meetings that have been in session. But to what end? Debbie and I know full well that talk is cheap and if the current situation is not fixed and very soon the horror that is unfolding will lead to all out war. Though in my estimation the point of no return has already been crossed. To all my friends and colleagues there please stay safe and if need be get out while you still can to safety. God Bless South Africa.