The reason we have bad leaders is because we want bad answers. We want people to say “foreign nationals are completely innocent” or to say “foreign nationals are completely responsible for crime”.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
We get dishonest leaders because we want things to be black and white and the truth very seldom is.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
But good leaders are not successful because we don’t want the nuanced, complex and multidemnisonal truth. It’s not neat and easy to consume or attack. This is why we either get inactive leaders or populists.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
Even saying in some areas a lot of that crime is perpetuated by other Africans is true. But saying people are criminal BECAUSE they are foreign is Xenophobic. South African men killed Uyinene and Leighandre. South African men rape and murder and steal etc.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
At the same time, allowing South Africans to believe that other Africans are responsible for most or all of the crime here is just false and also feeds into violence.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
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 say crime is rampant in the CBD without being called xenophobic and you can’t say stop xenophobia without seeming to condone that crime. 😫🤷🏽♀️
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
Im just sad that Africans from other countries are mad at us. Law-abiding SAns don’t feel safe here either. No normal person can be happy that this is happening. Who is safe when violence erupts? Who wants to live in a city on fire?
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
Most people would much rather have a peaceful, happy and safe place to live. But people are disenfranchised and poor and we are all unprotected by the leaders we have chosen. And that is the tea.
— #LimpopoChampionsLeague (@ShoMadjozi) September 3, 2019
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