BY PEPUKAI BEGEDE | (THE SCRIBE) | Greetings to the aggrieved families of those seeking refreshments in a nation drumming up violence against the sons and daughters of the land, we greet even those whose faces are heavily loaded with murderous rage as they seek to wound and kill the seekers of harmony and peace. It is quite obvious that men of wisdom will never let reckless speakers undermine the Africa Culture and Religion called ‘Togetherness/ Oneness’ merely because one‘s scope of knowledge about pure African History and research is not far and wide. As long as South Africans do not understand the meaning of ‘Foreigner’ then it shall be deemed myopic if all black people working in South Africa will flea away merely because someone has covered himself or herself with a garment called ‘ Stealing Our Jobs’ yet the truth is their aim is to quench their blood thirsting souls.

I want to remind all South Africans that if you only define a ‘foreigner’ to be ‘black and African’ then your level of understanding is very shallow. It is quite surprising that South Africans still see refugees as threats to ‘their jobs’. After more than Twenty(20) years of Independence, South Africans are still fighting for low income jobs that refugees, asylum seekers, the rejected and the malfunctioning poverty stricken individuals are fighting for. I was of the opinion that the indigenous South Africans are now competing for medium to high level income jobs. This episode of events clearly highlight the fact that South Africans are afraid of high level responsibility, they feel that they are uneducated and have less stamina and capacity to challenge the white man’s dominance on executive positions. For this reason you will rarely find a black South African sitting in an Executive Board meeting of any influential company in South Africa. The problem is not with the black foreigners but the pace of evolution of South Africans themselves.

However, before South Africans can chuck Zimbabweans away they must first of all consider the following points;
1. South Africans should first look at their crime rate before Independence and after Independence and see if their indigenous people are not at the apex of hegemony in committing crime than any other country. We may need to consider the following statistics of crimes being committed by the indigenous people;
I) Rape Case statistics
II) Murder Case statistics
III) Armed robbery Statistics
IV) Student(s) drop-out statistics
V) Drug and alcohol abuse in schools statistics.
VI) Students’ attack rate on teachers
VII) Police and immigration corruption statistics at boarders
VIII) Number of South African employees who abscond from work on a weekly basis against foreign employee’s commitment to work.

IX) Academic performance of South Africans both in Schools and Colleges.
X) Abortion / pregnancy levels in schools dominated by blacks.

XI) Level of Violence amongst the indigenous people based on tribalism.

2. Black South Africans still have a high illiteracy rate.

3. The education curricular of South Africa is very shallow to the extent that a primary level student in Zimbabwe can sit a final secondary level examination in South Africa and pass with flying colours.

After going through these statistics then come to Zimbabwe and see the nature of our people.

The list is not exhaustive, l want the South Africans to change their mind set. They lack motivation to aim high as a people and that’s why they are still fighting for low income jobs. You can’t be all drivers and till operators. South African man are too weak. Why is it that in all these xenophobia related attacks they loot shops? Is this not enough evidence that the culture of raiding and violence still takes centre stage in your minds? You need not to chess away foreigners, compete academically and you will see foreigners as your slaves. They will work for you, there is no reason for you to feel threatened by foreigners.

May Zimbabweans living in South Africa now focus on starting businesses in South Africa, you should move away from seeking jobs. Let’s love one another as Africans.

Thank You