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South African constitution makes promises it can’t keep as economic migrants pour in

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Every time I see one of these articles (coming with some regularity now) about South Africa’s troubles with immigrants seeking the promised land and the local population that resents them, that ol’ schadenfreude is hard to hide.  South Africa threw off the yoke of “white oppression” and a myth was born that the country would … Continue reading South African constitution makes promises it can’t keep as economic migrants pour in

ANC: Too many foreigners in South Africa, new policy on refugees proposed

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Previously:  too many foreigners in France, here. Did you know that just earlier this year the African National Congress (ANC), the party of Nelson Mandela and the now ruling party of the “rainbow nation,” turned 100.   And, it was just last week that President Obama likened himself to Mandela saying it takes time for change, … Continue reading ANC: Too many foreigners in South Africa, new policy on refugees proposed

Did they tell Michelle about the “xenophobic” attacks in South Africa?

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Yesterday Michelle Obama and the girls (literally wrapped in the South African flag) arrived in South Africa to get a first hand look and to pay tribute to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, here. Saying that throwing off the white oppressors was President Obama’s first political cause, they paid homage to Mandela. “After leaving here, … Continue reading Did they tell Michelle about the “xenophobic” attacks in South Africa?

Black violence heating up in South Africa (again); immigrants, whites and other black Africans targeted

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Diversity is strength alert!  News you do not hear in the American mainstream media because they are so deeply invested in the Nelson Mandela Rainbow Nation myth! In 2008 we had a lot of stories out of the Rainbow Nation that labeled ethnic nationalist violence—xenophobia.  Basically black South Africans are trying to protect their turf … Continue reading Black violence heating up in South Africa (again); immigrants, whites and other black Africans targeted

Somalis on the move out of South Africa—to Europe or the US

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I had two stories last week which I never got around to writing about the Rainbow Nation—that would be South Africa—and Somalis.  You never hear about South Africa much in the mainstream media these days and that is (I think) because it didn’t turn out to be such a multicultural dream—a “rainbow” Nation after all.   … Continue reading Somalis on the move out of South Africa—to Europe or the US