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Many of these foreigners are refugees, fleeing the political turmoil and horrors of their home countries.  They have come to SA for safety, and they set up small businesses in their communities, often working harder than the locals.  As a result, resentment against them runs deep among black South Africans.  And so, despite the euphoria of the World Cup and all the nonsense about “African unity”, we soon saw the reality as it raised its ugly head again, with foreigners coming under deadly attack.

The government was quick to try to assure everyone that these attacks were nothing but criminal violence, and not specifically directed at foreigners.  But no one was believing them, least of all the poor foreigners themselves.  They were expressing their confidence in the government’s assessment by boarding buses and taxis out of the country as fast as they could. Others appealed for the army to be deployed to protect them, saying the police are not doing enough.  One woman was quoted as saying, “These people are armed with axes and pangas and they can see the police patrolling.  The minute they pass your shack, then the attackers come to kick your door.”  Another man, a Mozambican, whose shop was looted and who had to be taken to hospital after he was attacked, said he heard people chanting, “We don’t want foreigners here, they must all go back home.”

And playing on the minds of many minority groups of citizens within the country – Afrikaner, English and Indian South Africans – is the thought: how long before the anti-foreigner sentiment so prevalent in certain sections of the black community spills over in violence against South African minorities, who are so wrongly perceived, by so many blacks, as being “settlers” and foreigners in the country of their birth?

Those who try to annihilate Afrikaans and English South Africans will not find it an easy task, for the resistance will be very strong and very great; but that may not prevent them from attempting it, and great bloodshed could follow.  We ask Christians the world over to pray that it would not be so; and to Christians in SA, walk by faith in Christ, look to Him, and remember that you are in His hands always!

July 2010

Shaun Willcock is a minister of the Gospel, and lives in South Africa.  He runs Bible Based Ministries.  For other news articles (which may be downloaded and printed), as well as details about his books, audio messages, pamphlets, etc., please visit the Bible Based Ministries website; or write to the address below.  If you would like to be on Bible Based Ministries’ email list, to receive all future articles, please send your details.

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