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Today I spoke to X. He works at our one of our local shopping centres. he is a teacher by profession but in South Africa, he is a car guard. He has left his country of Burundi and come to "find a better life" in our country. He asked me to pray for the xenophobia. We chatted and my empty words hung in the air as he told me some of his story.
Meet X - the man who works in our garden. He is a young Malawian. Malawi is the poorest country in Africa. He has come, with his wife to find a better life. He has a child at home in Malawi and his wife has just given birth to a baby boy. I asked him how he was. He replied that he is scared.
Honestly , I am afraid for him too. The queues of people leaving SA back to Zimbabwe and Mozambique are further pictures of people who are afraid.
In the news today. 7 people dead in the current wave of violence against foreigners in our country.
Our shame!!
# say not to xenophobia
# we are one
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