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Twenty-two people were arrested on Thursday night at De Doorns in the Western Cape, police said on Friday. They were allegedly involved in public violence during Tuesday's confrontations between locals and the foreign workers, station commissioner Superintendent Desmond van der Westhuizen said. More than 3 000 people, mostly Zimbabweans, evacuated shacks in De Doorns when locals claimed they were robbing them of jobs on farms in the area. Another four people were arrested for allegedly stealing from the refugees' shacks. The Home Affairs Department said Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma sent a delegation to De Doorns on Friday. The team, led by deputy director general Jackie Mckay, was part of a broader government intervention in the area, a statement read. There was a "specific mandate to assess and assist those immigrants who lost their basic documentation during the protests this week". The department said it would ensure any lost documents were replaced. -- Sapa TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE
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This just calls for Mr Zuma to act next week when he goes to Zimbabwe to "assess progress" on the full implemantation of the GNU. If he doesn't act but insead chooses to lie that there is progress , then he will have the blood of Zimbabweans on his hands as surely it seems his nationals don't want Zimbabweans in South Africa.
Lloyd Choto on November 20, 2009, 5:50 pm
Do we have to sacrifice our people on people who came in on unprotected borders.
How long will we have to suffer?They are taking our jobs,period.What do we do then?
Phumelele Ndengezi on November 20, 2009, 6:12 pm
These people are not taking our jobs, they are creating their own.
What is unacceptable about all this is that the ANC government directly contributed to this mess by supporting the ZANU PF destruction of their own country, and is now ignoring the repercussions of their actions. Close borders and encourage political solutions in Zim. It's that simple.
mandingo giddy-p on November 20, 2009, 6:56 pm
Whatever was discussed at Tuynhuis,nobody knows.
Our people must work first,it doesn't matter which way.We belong to South Africa and need to be looked at first as family members of Mzantsi. You do not start with an outsider.Whatever support they give Zim,it affects us and they must find way out of that.SA likes to play bigger than others.
Phumelele Ndengezi on November 20, 2009, 8:42 pm
Phumelele what job? All countries and great cities build on foreigners and the best cities nowdays are thriving because of input from migrants. I think the level of mis-education in this country is causing and costing us a lot.
We need to get involved in community building so we can create better lives for all not this selfishness then when we find ourselves out in the cold we cry 'foreigner' Do you Phumelele even know the contribution other countries made so that you can be free. Try stop on the street and speak to a Kenyan, Zimbabwean, Nigerian or Ghanain, or Somali about why they left their country????? This has to stop! I live in a shack but nothing stops me from having the things I want not even a 'foreigner' instead my success has been made possible by the motivation of foreigners- When Africna-Americans come here we don't see them as foreigners in the same light as the Africans-why???
Sabelo Dludla on November 20, 2009, 8:51 pm
So much for your African Ubuntu rubbish!
on November 21, 2009, 7:12 am
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