“We are South Africans… but they called my father ‘Kwerekwere’ and tried to deport him.”
A Tsonga South African woman broke down in tears as she recounted the events of the June 30 anti-immigrant protests that reportedly targeted her family’s home in South Africa.
According to her testimony, protesters damaged their gate, broke down doors, dragged her sister from the shower, and nearly forced her father, a South African citizen, into a police vehicle.
“We are Tsonga. We are South African,” she pleaded through tears.
In an emotional appeal to President Cyril Ramaphosa, she asked: “Where are we going to sleep? It’s no longer safe.”
If citizens from minority communities are being targeted, harassed, or made to feel unsafe in their own country, it raises serious questions about social cohesion, identity, and the protection of all people under the law.
Regardless of political views on immigration, violence, intimidation, and collective punishment should never become acceptable. Every person deserves safety, dignity, and equal protection.
Source: United Africa
