OPINIONISTA: Addressing xenophobia is everybody’s business

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The National Action Plan needs to be implemented across all government departments to combat xenophobic violence. And that includes the Gauteng provincial government, whose Township Economic Development Bill unfairly discriminates on the basis of nationality and citizenship and clearly demonstrates how much work needs to be done at all levels of government.

reveal distressing facts about the level of xenophobia and related intolerances in this country.

Other xenophobic messages and related intolerances lack subtlety as they are driven openly by organisations. For instance, the “Mzansi Patriotic Front” has been calling for “All Truck Drivers Foundation People or organisations who promote xenophobia and related intolerance need to be held accountable for threats of violence or xenophobic violence. In previous xenophobic flare-ups, people who instigated xenophobic violence were not held accountable despite suchresulting in the destruction of property, displacement of thousands of immigrants and causing deaths.

Unfortunately, developments like the proposed Gauteng Township Economic Development Bill have the potential for further regress and need to be scrutinised in terms of impact with regard to the commitments made in the NAP. Gauteng’s MEC for Economic Development recently published the bill for comment. The bill seeks to reserve certain business activities in “designated townships” exclusively and solely for ownership and operation by South Africans or immigrants with permanent residence permits.

 

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