Immigration Control, South African Style
by Ian Mosley
Have you ever wondered how Third World countries handle their immigration control problems? We’re seeing a good example of that now in South Africa, the last remaining nation on the face of the Dark Continent with any remaining White population, and therefore the last remaining place in Africa with any kind of viable economy left.
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times “Isaac Moyo left Zimbabwe for South Africa six years ago because it was so hard to survive in his homeland. But after a mob armed with machetes and axes chopped through his door in this township Monday and chased him away, Moyo feels that he has no choice but to go back to Zimbabwe… Moyo and hundreds of Zimbabweans and other foreigners fled their homes in Alexandra, a teeming crime-ridden township, on Sunday and Monday to escape xenophobic attacks. Some hid in the nearby bush or in police compounds. ‘They were saying, Go back to Zimbabwe, we don’t want to see you here, you’re taking our jobs,’ Moyo said Tuesday. ‘They said, Go back to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe. They took everything, saying, You didn’t get this from Mugabe; this is our property… More than 100 foreigners were injured and at least one foreigner and a South African were killed during two nights of violence….the presence of Zimbabweans willing to work for as little as $6 a day has sparked resentment among poor in a nation with more than 40% unemployment.”
But wait a minute, how can this be? I thought ending the “wicked evil Apartheid system” was supposed to create a paradise on earth in South Africa? Do you mean to say things have gotten significantly worse after Whites were removed from power? (more…)