Statement on Xenophobia in South Africa
Statement by the Most Revd Thabo
Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape
Town
Much of the appalling violence
being inflicted by our people on foreigners in Alexandra and elsewhere is
rooted in deep frustration arising from our failure to distribute the gains of
economic growth in South
Africa to all. But it is unacceptable for
those who suffer poverty and deprivation to express their anger by attacking
others who are also suffering from poverty and deprivation. Sadly, foreign
people are labelled, abused and killed, but those from other countries who live
among us are just as much our neighbours, whom we are commanded by Jesus to
love as ourselves, as are South Africans. Foreign nationals are
God’s people too.
The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
May 15, 2008
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