From Father Andrew Thomo, Cosmo City, Gauteng
The media is abuzz, TV and radio are abuzz, Twitter is tweeting, the WhatsApps are apping, and the BBMs are messaging: “Run! Run! Here comes the monster called xenophobia!” Or is it Afrophobia?
Our Mother Afrika is mourning, weeping at the top of her voice: “Why are you, my beloved children, massacring each other?
Is the singing of our national anthem, Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika in vain?
We are all children of our Mother Afrika!
Stop butchering each other! Stop killing each other!
Have we forgotten that a tooth for a tooth leaves us toothless, reducing us to the state whereby we can’t chew and enjoy lovely lamb chops, pork chops or tenderised spare ribs.
Have we forgotten that an eye for an eye makes us all blind, crippling us in such a way that we cannot watch lovely soapies and movies, are not able to admire lovely flowers such as roses, proteas, Margarets and the like?
Have we forgotten the lovely song we sang so sweetly and at the top of our voices: South Africa, We Love You?
Let us all say no to xenophobia/Afrophobia! Let us all build bridges of trust and friendship. Let us turn this gigantic stumbling block into a gigantic stepping stone and enjoy the fruits of our freedom, which should always remind us that we are a “Rainbow Nation”. Simunye—We are one!
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