Sierra Leone: Blacks Killing Blacks in South Africa

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For the past few days the international media has been dominated with news of black South Africans killing black Africans on the flimsy excuse that they are jobless as a result of the presence of African economic migrants. But the question that frequently comes to mind as I listen to news of black South Africans attacking and killing their fellow black Africans is, can a black man be a foreigner on African soil? Are South Africans jobless because of the presence of foreign black migrants? Do they have the requisite qualification that would make them employable even in the midst of strong competition in the job market?

In my opinion, there is a huge governance issue in South Africa where the government has failed to provide the enabling environment for South African youths to gain employment. Also, I am of the conviction that those South Africans that are involved in xenophobic attacks may not be unemployable. They may lack the basic skills which makes the possibility of them being gainfully employed improbable!

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