Mbeki fiddles while South Africa burns

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Richard Catto 1,688 views

According to a news report on News24, Mbeki has not bothered to order the SANDF to deploy its forces in support of SAPS in the areas affected by xenophobic violence.

He’s leaving for Tanzania tomorrow. In the meantime, the police are battling to contain the situation. Despite their pleas for assistance from the SANDF, the army is not allowed by article 201 of our Constitution to intervene unless they have a presidential order.

Mbeki, you are such a loser. I hope you die soon.

You should have declared a local state of emergency in the affected areas and deployed the army on Monday already.

Tags: Mbeki, xenophobic violence
Filed under South Africa news |

3 Responses to “Mbeki fiddles while South Africa burns”

1. wicus Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 10:27

   Another poke in the eye for accurate citizen journalism.
   http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2326782,00.html

   Richard, your rivals have left you way behind on this one. Again. Get with the programme sweetie.

2. Obaht Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 14:39

   Army now deployed.

   Perhaps they can stop Singistwat and his ilk from carrying out further xenophobic attacks.

3. XenoTruth Says:
   May 25th, 2008 at 11:14

   The major problem we have it that these “refugees” are not true refugees and the sheer volume of them. Very very few of them had to flee from their homeland, they just wanted a better lifestyle. The problem is that we simply can’t absorb that many of them.

   They are stealing our jobs and lowering the average wage in the process.

   I would encourage all employers to be “Proudly South African” but ONLY hiring South Africans! You are not “Proudly South African” just because you wear a Proudly SA shirt while hiring a gardener from Malawi

   http://xenotruth.wordpress.com

   XenoTruth’s last blog post..Xenophobia or Self Defense?

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