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Mpho Moloele

It is unspoken of/for but yet has a distinctive voice, a voice which advocates stealing, killing and destroying.  Xenophobia, a social ill which first hit South Africa in the year 2008 has found its way back in 2015 to the mentally enslaved minority. While a lot has been reported about the symptoms of the violent attacks which are occurring now, little or nothing is known and mentioned about the cause of the attacks of foreign nationals. Just like in 2008, foreign nationals are being attacked, displaced, deployed and some even sadly killed.    

Can we find the cause, maybe even have a clinical trial and permanently cure this disease? Can we live in an A”free”ca were genuinely “I am because you are?” Can we not just say “As Bantu we are all children of the Soil” but just let it be. Can we invest as much energy or even more in action rather than in words of hate or words which just float, floating in the midst of deaf ears? Can we not be divided by artificial borders? Can we be the change by acting in love rather than in hate?

Just like Bob Marley’s lyrics, “let us get up and stand up for our rights” as an African Unit, acknowledge our differences, complement our similarities and embrace our co existence. Let’s “emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because none but ourselves can free our minds”.

The Bethesda Methodist Church took charge by preaching and marching against Xenophobia in Yeoville, Johannesburg on the 19^th of April 2015. Singing joyful songs inclusive of Christian values and Africa, members of other churches standing by the sidewalk, the community and foreign nationals became part of the initiative of marching for peace. What PEACE you might ask yourself, it is the PEACE of Jesus Christ, the PEACE that surpasses all understanding.

Chanting “One Heart, One Mind” brought the light in the darkness that at the beginning and end of it all, from Cape to Cairo WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS and YES WE ARE ONE, ONE A”FREE”CA.