It is interesting how little is said about this state of affairs - especially in view of the constant reminder in the media and popular culture that, once upon a time, a state in Europe (Germany) passed a series of laws (Nuremburg Laws) that deprived a group of people (Jews) of property, which sparked a mass exodus in an attempt to find asylum; indeed, we are constantly told about this period in history, and it has become a point of reference to generate sympathy and support for liberal border and asylum policies. Yet here we are, where people are actually about to be thrown in a similar situation, and there appears to be no rush to draw the same link to generate an outcry. This is also the case when Palestinian homes are bulldozed by Israeli forces and the dispossessed have no choice but to flee. So, basically, what we have is an event being painted as a tragedy and used to argue for and against all kinds of things - except the raise concern that a similar event is occurring. The irony is hard to miss.
Well aware that the mainstream media is ignoring the situation in South Africa, I knew I would have to dig for a non-mainstream source to get an update on what is happening there. But the digging led me to find out about another item that nobody in the West is discussing: the pogroms that are currently taking place in South Africa to push out foreigners.
The South African:
from "Tembisa looting: Police watch on as residents raid foreign-owned shops," Andile Sicetsha, The South AfricanIf going "viral" means capturing a few views without any promotion from Western media, then ok - "viral". Here is a video of the pogrom:
The situation in Johannesburg is pretty intense.
The City of Gold has been gripped by widespread tensions between locals and foreign nationals.
On Monday, videos showing Tembisa residents looting foreign-owned spaza shops have gone viral.
Earlier, looting of shops took place in Turffontein #SABCNews #Malvern #Turfontein #Tembisa pic.twitter.com/r47XAi6s5T— SABC News Online (@SABCNewsOnline) September 2, 2019
Law enforcement agencies in Johannesburg have been stretched to their limit after riots and unrest broke out in different parts of the city. On one hand, police are dealing with the ongoing nationwide truck strike that has captured most of South Africa’s main transit routes. The call, from the trucking industry, is for employers to stop hiring foreign-born drivers. On the other, foreign-owned shops have been left exposed to angry residents who, since Monday morning, have been subjected to violence and looting.
In Tembisa, police could do very little to stop the large groups of residents who took apart the spaza shops that, for years, have catered low-price retail services to the community. Rioters could be seen entering the stores in droves and leaving with stolen goods.
What has fueled these violent riots? While there have been no engagements with rioters to determine why they have targeted foreign-owned shops, as yet. One can draw parallels between the violence that encapsulated some parts of Gauteng with the xenophobic riots that took place in Pretoria last week. The murder of a taxi driver, who was allegedly shot by foreign national, caused the outrage that we saw in Pretoria. Foreign-owned shops were looted and taxi drivers clashed with defiant foreign nationals who warned that they were prepared to “kill” rioters.
Where else are foreign-owned shops being looted? Besides the looting that has been taking place in Tembisa, other areas have been affected by the same type of violence too. In Turrfontein, journalists from SABC News were warned to leave the area when scores of rioters looted a shop — believed to be foreign-owned — right in front of the police, who, in their small numbers, could do nothing to stop the violence.
On so many levels, this news is something that the Western media probably does not want to draw attention to; first, it shows Africans, which certain Europeans want to import, violently rejecting the "one world" ideology that is championed in the West to make us want to support said mass importation; secondly, it shows those African communities acting in a way that totally undermines the presentation that the continent merely holds able-bodied workers who would be a magical, economic boon - and thus, the image we are constantly fed as part of the pro-importation agenda. Third, the circulation of such news ends the exclusive association of words like "xenophobia", "pogrom" with the narrative about "evil things White people do" and thus diminishes the association and power of words like "xenophobe" and "pogrom" when used in that context, which is usually done to generate guilt and support for multiculturalism and, ultimately, a tool to get people to support the importation.
Learn to question the media - and what drives it, especially as this dramatic turn of events in South Africa unfolds.
