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South Africa: Anti-Immigrant Attacks…And Unfulfilled Dreams of Liberation
Alexandra, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Thokoza, and Tembisa. These names were scorched into world history back in the 1980s. On the dusty streets of these segregated South African townships, and dozens more like them, millions of black South Africans fought out the decade of rebellion that played a decisive role in bringing down the hated, racist apartheid regime. Today these same names have surfaced again in world headlines. Only this time, for a very bad reason. On May 11, a horrific pogrom of ethnic cleansing aimed at immigrants from other African countries exploded on the streets of Alexandra.
Alexandra, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Thokoza, and Tembisa. These names were scorched into world history back in the 1980s. On the dusty streets of these segregated South African townships, and dozens more like them, millions of black South Africans fought out the decade of rebellion that played a decisive role in bringing down the hated, racist apartheid regime. Today these same names have surfaced again in world headlines. Only this time, for a very bad reason. On May 11, a horrific pogrom of ethnic cleansing aimed at immigrants from other African countries exploded on the streets of Alexandra.
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