South Africa was well known in the world as a good stander for defending Human Rights, but this is now regarded as something of the past. Zolo Skweyiya of the office of the foreign affairs when speaking at an African day at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg says the behavior of this kind hamper the good name of South Africa internationally. Skweyiya says he is afraid that these kinds of attacks will end up causing tension between South Africans and other nearest Africans.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the violence is embarrassing to the government and it creates a bad name for the country. Dlamini-Zuma believes the attacks are caused by a mobilized group of people who’s intentions is to steal properties and benefit from where they did not plough and she is promising that her department will deal with this matter carefully and very seriously.
Opposition parties in South Africa and other members of the country who are against xenophobia are blaming Thabo Mbeki for not doing enough. They say Mbeki is not competent enough to deal with issues worrying the country. Buti Manamela the secretary general of Young Communist Party says President Mbeki failed to deal with the issue of HIV/AIDS and he also failed to mediate the political crisis in Zimbabwe.
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