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Are We Still Civilised: Xenophobic Violence in South Africa is State-Sponsored An EFF Member of Parliament stood before the National Assembly this week and said, in a message directed squarely at President Cyril Ramaphosa, that the xenophobic violence sweeping South Africa is state-sponsored. That message is true. Most of the harassment and violence documented across South African communities in recent weeks has been committed in plain view of the police. Vigilante groups have been going door to door, and in many areas, it is the police who are following behind these mobs — not the other way around. The South African government, through its inaction, is complicit in the violence and the theft that has accompanied it. “In many areas these mobs are leading the police. The government says the correct things but in action does nothing — and that makes it useless.” Vigilante groups have been forcing their way into people’s gates and yards, using the disguise of “looking for undocumented immigrants” as cover to steal from the very homes they invade. The South African government has been explicit in its own public statements: no ordinary citizen has the legal authority to demand identification documents from another person. That power belongs to the state alone. Yet across township streets and city suburbs alike, private individuals are doing exactly that — in full view of the police who are meant to stop them. Editor’s Note: The incidents described in this report — including police presence and involvement alongside vigilante groups, and theft from homes during door-to-door searches — are documented firsthand accounts gathered directly through Makumbirofa Farms’ advocacy network from residents and communities affected. This is happening, and it is ongoing. ...continue reading: https://collenmakumbirofa.substack.com/p/xenophobic-violence-in-south-africa https://collenmakumbirofa.substack.com/p/xenophobic-violence-in-south-africa