EDITORIAL: Xenophobia - The past cannot justify the present
Looters try to break into an alleged foreign-owned shop during a riot in Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 2, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLEM SARTORIO | AFP
Perhaps more than mere statements by political leaders, that strong reaction from beyond their own borders could have done more to douse the flames of the latest flare-up of racial violence in South Africa.
Apologists for the violence have blamed it on the economic inequality spawned by apartheid on the South African society and xenophobia as the underlying causes.
