Tell South Africa, karma is a bitch!, By Wole Olaoye

South Africans are sowing seeds of future reprisals by violently attacking and forcing Black African immigrants to flee their country, a behavior the author likens to poisoning a well from which one might need to drink. This act of expelling fellow Africans, who once supported the anti-apartheid movement, is described as reprehensible and playing into the hands of former oppressors. The chant, "All Africans must leave South Africa by the end of June if they value their lives," specifically targets Black immigrants.

The article highlights the irony that Black South Africans, who benefited from the solidarity of other African nations during their struggle against apartheid, are now exhibiting such hostility. Nigeria, for instance, is noted as a frontline state that provided significant moral and material support, even issuing Nigerian passports to anti-apartheid leaders who could not travel on South African documents. The author emphasizes that fellow African brothers and sisters are their best friends, a truth that will eventually be revealed.

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By violently attacking black African immigrants and forcing them to flee South Africa, the locals have sown a seed for future pan-continental reprisals. Their children will harvest the seed of hate they are sowing today.

The accusation that Black immigrants are taking jobs from Black South Africans is presented as evidence of ignorance and an inferiority complex among the locals. The attacks and looting of shops owned by Black immigrants betray avaricious intentions. The author suggests that this "micro-nationalism" might not be original, hinting at the possibility of a "foreign instigator" influencing the xenophobic sentiment. While acknowledging complex domestic socio-economic and political factors, the article posits that a particular strain of Afrophobia in South Africa is inspired and encouraged by external forces.

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The accusation that Blacks from other countries were taking Black South African jobs shows the depth of the ignorance and inferiority complex of the psychologically damaged locals.