Mass meeting to discuss xenophobic attacks

By Ilhaam Hoosain
25 May 2008

Organisations, community leaders and Ngo’s in the Salt River, Woodstock and Mowbray areas will be having a mass meeting on Monday the 26 May 2008.

The meeting will focus on the recent spate of xenophobic attacks that has taken South Africa by storm. The meeting will be taking place at the Mowbray Town Hall at 1pm.

“The reason for the meeting is to mobilise our people in the area, those who are working in the area, students, business people, taxi drivers and so on, to come together and organise a response to prevent xenophobic attacks against our brothers and sisters from other countries.

“They sought refuge here in South Africa. We can’t allow this to happen. It’s against our beliefs, our values and of course against our constitution. And we must defend people who are under attack from xenophobic criminals,” says Martin Jansen from Workers World Media Production.

After the meeting there will be a march and Jansen says everyone is welcome to attend.

Meanwhile Cosatu calls on the army to be deployed in the Western Cape immediately to respond to these horrendous acts of Xenophobia that is sweeping across province.

“The police must oversee the operations of the army who should be deployed in support of the police. This crisis goes to the very soul of our society and will tear apart the social fabric of the society,” says Cosatu’s Patrick Cravin.

He goes onto say that looters who are waging a criminal war against our people and they must be advised that the strongest police action will be taken against them.

“The state must send out a clear signal that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated,” says Craven.

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