Sho Madjozi Breaks Down the Complexities of Xenophobia in South Africa in Emotional Twitter Thread
"The truth is complicated," says Sho Madjozi.
South African rapper Sho Madjozi shared with her Twitter followers an extensive breakdown of the dynamics involved in the xenophobic attacks that are currently taking place in South Africa.
Sho Madjozi is one of the few people who've been able to express that there are faults on both sides without offending anyone.
You can read her whole thread below:
The reason we have bad leaders is because we want bad answers. We want people to say “foreign nationals are complet… https://t.co/kxcchhrs62— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567551205.0
We get dishonest leaders because we want things to be black and white and the truth very seldom is.— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567551205.0
Good leaders would require us to be more nuanced. Good leaders would require us to understand that more than one th… https://t.co/3EFoD4DzGO— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567551206.0
But good leaders are not successful because we don’t want the nuanced, complex and multidemnisonal truth. It’s not… https://t.co/UDn1miBwnv— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567551206.0
But I think denying that foreign nationals are responsible for a lot of the crime in certain areas fuels the anger… https://t.co/mhP6SSHivJ— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567551345.0
At the same time, allowing South Africans to believe that other Africans are responsible for most or all of the cri… https://t.co/KMghSPntGv— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552091.0
I grew up in SA, Tanzania and Senegal. Yes I’m South African, but as a woman I’m well aware of the violence of SAn… https://t.co/VvGmU201tX— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552091.0
The truth is complicated. More than one thing can be true at once. But that’s not what we want. Right now you can’t… https://t.co/W7FW7nW2F3— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552092.0
Good leaders would acknowledge the truth in what each side is saying and weed out the untruth. And everyone would f… https://t.co/916K3dlbu1— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552130.0
Good leaders would acknowledge the truth in what each side is saying and weed out the untruth. And everyone would f… https://t.co/916K3dlbu1— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552130.0
Im just sad that Africans from other countries are mad at us. Law-abiding SAns don’t feel safe here either. No norm… https://t.co/9b2MUC0Wuf— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552131.0
You think a law-abiding Nigerian in Hillbrow or Yeoville is happy that there’s crime there? You think he/she is fine with crime there ?— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552214.0
Most people would much rather have a peaceful, happy and safe place to live. But people are disenfranchised and poo… https://t.co/a1KFcqXwRM— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@#LimpopoChampionsLeague)1567552356.0
Sho Madjozi's commentary has been commended by many South Africans who went as far as saying she's doing more than the country's president about the ongoing xenophobic attacks.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was silent for a majority duration of the protests, nor has he commented about the number of South African women who have been murdered by men in the past few weeks.
When he eventually made a statement yesterday, Ramaphosa said the xenophobic attacks were "not justified."
EFF leader Julius Malema released a video condemning the attacks, too, stating that fellow Africans aren't the enemy.
Our anger is directed at wrong people. Like all of us, our African brothers & sisters are selling their cheap labou… https://t.co/Uzsd2urd7N— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius Sello Malema)1567511015.0
