South Africa grapples with outbreak of anti-immigrant violence

LA Times ^ | 4/21/2015

[Altura Ct.]

It began after the Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, told his followers last month that foreigners in South Africa should pack up and leave. President Jacob Zuma’s eldest son, Edward, chimed in that foreigners were “taking over the country” in a “ticking time bomb.”

Then last week, violent attacks on immigrant shopkeepers in Durban townships exploded and have continued since. Dozens of immigrants in Johannesburg and other cities shuttered their shops Wednesday as anonymous cellphone text messages warned that Zulu people were coming to kill immigrants in neighborhoods with large migrant populations.

One message read: “Wednesday, Zulu people are coming to town starting from Market (Street) their mission is to kill every foreigner on the road please pass this to all your contacts in case they come people should be on alert.”

http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-south-africa-immigrant-violence-20150415-story.html#page=1

[Crazieman]

Diversity so thick you can cut it with a machete.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Ahh, the Zulu’s again. I thought they had enough at Rourke’s Drift.

[Altura Ct.]

Evil white man at it again!...Oh wait

[Sioux-san]

Walks like Apartheid- Talks like Apartheid - Kills like every other Thuggish commie regime.

[mosesdapoet]

Durban, isn’t that Ghandi’s home town ?

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm certainly no fan of violence but it's easy to see why native South Africans would be very,*very* upset by an influx of illegals who,presumably,are willing to work cheap and/or are inclined to bring crime to their areas.

I guess that South Africa...like Europe,the US,Australia,etc...isn't allowed to have borders.

[Da Coyote]

But dat’s raciss!

[DickBrannigan]

Sadly, this sounds good to me sometimes.......

[ABN 505]

Hmmmm.. did not the Zulu migrate to S. Africa after it had been settled by the Boers?

[ABN 505]

Hmmmm.. did not the Zulu migrate to S. Africa after it had been settled by the Boers?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The Impis are on the move! No doubt trying to bring Shaka’s kingdom back, a 500 mile radius around the Karal in which NO human was allowed, under pain of death, except Shaka’s patrols.

[Moltke]

So even Africans are fed up with immigration from Africa. Can’t say I blame ‘em.