Xenophobia DICTIONARY

Xenophobia
A Contradictionary
By Zazi Dana

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The first time I had ever witnessed xenophobia, and its
effects, was in 2015 when I was in Grade 6. My initial
reaction was of utter horror and disgust and ultimately
sadness as I saw my peers’ lives change dramatically. I saw
my best friend’s family business shut down and their
family live in fear. So much was going on and I had no idea
what to think of it.
Some context
Xenophobic violence has been happening in South Africa
since before 2000. In 1995, “Buyelekhaya” (go back home)
campaigns were held where locals blamed foreign nationals
for the spread of AIDS, sexual violence, crime and a lack of
jobs and tried to drive them out of the country.
May 2008 brought riots in the township of Alexandra,
where locals attacked immigrants from Zimbabwe,
Mozambique and Malawi, leaving several injured and dead.

Attacks continued from 2008 right up until 2015 when a
huge surge of attacks happened in Kwa-Zulu Natal and
spread throughout the country. Matters did not improve
when relevant figures such as Zulu King Goodwill
Zwelethini said that foreigners should go back home. Locals
looted foreign-owned shops and businesses and forced
hundreds of foreigners to relocate to safer areas.
A very popular case was the murder of Emmanuel Sithole, a
Mozambican national. He was beaten by a group of locals
and promptly rushed to hospital. The doctor who was
supposed to be on duty couldn’t be found and Sithole died
of his injuries. It was later discovered that the doctor was
also a foreign national but was in hiding due to the attacks.
Pictured: Emmanuel Sithole being attacked by two men, who were later convicted

News coverage of xenophobic attacks has changed since
2015. We’re hearing less and less about what’s happening
in the news which gives a lot of us the illusion that
xenophobic attacks haven’t happened in 4 years when
they’ve actually consistently happened since. After all, how
are we supposed to know what’s going on in our country if
the news does not report on it enough?
Since 2015
The attitude that xenophobic attacks have ended does
nothing for those who suffer from them regularly. It’s
important to urge the media to push the agendas of
everybody.

Aa
Accountability is being held responsible for any transgressions you may have
perpetrated. It’s important those who do wrong be held responsible for their
wrong doings so that their victims can get justice. The South African Police
Service have failed to hold those perpetrators of xenophobic attacks
accountable and south african politicians even condone the actions of the
attackers.
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Cripple
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To cripple something is to deprive something of its ability to function to a
point in which recovery isn’t possible. Many countries’ economies are
crippled from internal and external conflicts and wars. Issues like
xenophobia cripple economies because foreigners come into the country
looking for jobs and locals prevent them from doing that.
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Dream
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Fantasies of something greatly desired. Everybody has dreams about going
somewhere or doing something and often dedicate a period of time in their
lives to work towards it. It’s unfortunate how immigration can be such a
nightmare.
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Hide
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To put something away or to obscure something from vision to avoid it
being found. Many foreigners in South Africa that are under attack, due to
xenophobia, hide somewhere they believe is safer until they can return to
their homes in South Africa or their native countries.
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Jump
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To push oneself up and off the ground, using your feet. The journey from
one’s home country is almost never one that’s comfortable. Jumping
borders, crawling through tunnels and swimming through rapids to get to
South Africa. South Africa’s borders are very porous, the Home Affairs’
system makes immigrants wait months for papers, bribes require money
these refugees don’t have so jumping over fences is easier.
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Lynch
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To put somebody to death with the help of the community. Lynching is
often how a lot of refugees die in South Africa. Entire communities revolt
against the settlements of refugees and often loot, rape and destroy the lives
of foreign communities. Immigrants get often get lynched by their
respective communities and their families are left with nothing.
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An opportunity is a set of circumstances that allow something to happen.
South Africa is often seen as the ‘Land of Opportunity’ to a lot of foreign
nationals because of its development and its increasing access to privileges
that people from mostly 1st world countries get. People often some here in
search of jobs, safety and as a last resort.
“Nobody would put their child in a boat unless the water is safer than the
land” -Warsan Shire
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Promise
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An assurance that something will happen. South Africans, native or not, are
promised several things by the government yet they remain unfulfilled time
and time again. We’ve been let down by our government multiple times
because of the unfulfilled promises of a better future for our country.
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Question
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To request more information. I love to ask why, I always have and always
will. The moment you ask somebody a questions, it shows how much you’re
willing to learn from who you’re asking. A lot of people don’t like being
questioned because they feel that their authority or their capabilities are
being undermined.
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Worth
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The level at which something is valued. A human life is of limitless worth
regardless of what differentiates us but yet again we have people being treated
as if they are less than human on the basis of their race, gender, sexuality,
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Zazi
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To know yourself. My given name.
I’ve learned so much about myself in such a short space of time and I can
only hope that everybody around me has this experience of self-discovery as I
have had because it makes you more humble, more self-aware. I am a child
journalist, aspiring Nobel Prize winner, writer, a young south african yet a
global citizen.
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