ANC no letters.jpg 24 February 2017 ANC Calls for Tolerance Following Outbreak of Anti-Foreigner Violence The African National Congress (ANC) notes with concern the attacks at foreigners in South Africa, particularly in Gauteng Province. Violence has no place in our country where we strive to promote peaceful coexistence between all those who reside within our borders. These are acts of criminality and the ANC calls on our law-enforcement authorities to deal appropriately with those found to be behind these attacks. Similarly, the ANC calls on all South Africans, and in particular, persons in positions of leadership in communities and of political parties, to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric that stokes the flames of intolerance. The mayor of the city of Johannesburg Mr Herman Mashaba should be singled out for particular mention. His pompous call in December 2016 for foreigners to leave 'his city' - declaring that all foreigners in the province were illegal - in fact preceded this spate of attacks on foreigners. The ANC notes the bitter irony of the political opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA) 'condemning xenophobic violence' in Gauteng when it was the reckless statements of Mayor Mashaba that lit the tinderbox of hatred in the first place. Issues of crime and illegal immigration fall within the purview of our law-enforcement and border management agencies. We should not and cannot allow vigilantism to prevail. Communities concerned at high levels of crime should address their concerns to the relevant law-enforcement authorities, and not take the law into their own hands. The ANC is committed to the realization of Agenda 2030 of the African Union and its aspiration of a peaceful and united Africa. The grim images of African turning on African take us back to a dark time in our history that should never be repeated. Issued by the African National Congress Enquiries: Zizi Kodwa, National Spokesperson, 082 330 4910 Khusela Sangoni National Communications Manager, 072 854 5707 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14988 (20170224) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000001d28e7c%2400b73020%2402259060%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
