THE SO-CALLED BORDER PATROL BY THE AFROPHOBIC PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE IS A NEW LOW!.

This week we were greeted by images and visuals of the afrophobic Patriotic Alliance conducting what they termed patrolling the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. This is definitely a new low in so many fronts , it has ramifications at both local and international level. To have civilians "patrolling" the borders and at worse a group of a political formation which is known for its hatred for Afrikans under the guise of preventing "illegal migrants / foreigners " from entering South Africa must definitely be ranked amongst the highest embarrassments we have suffered. The prejudice the Patriotic Alliance holds against Africans is of public knowledge, unfortunately whenever they have been afforded opportunities and platforms to substantiate their views they have failed dismally .

The conduct by the Patriotic Alliance is embarrassing firstly on the front that the government has failed so spectacularly to take care of the borders (securing the borders). The reason behind the so-called porous borders is the incompetence and the element of corruption. As much as one understands how the so-called borders came to be in existence in Afrika whereby brother has been separated from brother and sister from sister.Look at how you will find a Masekos in South Africa ,ESwatini ,Malawi, Ndlovus in South Africa ,Zimbabwe, Zulus in Zambia,South Africa , Mokoenas in Lesotho ,South Africa, I can go on and on until the cows come home. However, at this juncture we cannot ignore the dangers of having open borders in isolation and in the absence of a clearly defined and agreed vision of where we want to take Afrika. It cannot be expected that South Africa alone should open borders while others are not moving in the same direction. I believe we are all alive to the implications of having unknown or undocumented people in the community as it leads to all manner of chaotic scenes and unaccountability.

The second embarrassment comes in the form of the backwardness and disgusting prejudice the grouping of people such as those in the Patriotic Alliance has for the Afrikans. The ideological bankruptcy of the Patriotic Alliance is  illuminated by their recent support for the murderous Apartheid Israel which is engaged in acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing of the people of Palestine. The Patriotic Alliance  is an embarrassment as it has not grasped how the borders came about in Afrika, is it not embarrassing that Patriotic Alliance does not seem to know that it is the invaders (Arabs and later on the Europeans ) who forced the borders on Afrika through violent repression ?. According to the likes of Patriotic Alliance the foreigners in South Africa are Afrikans from the continent ,but the Europenas(Whites) who have to cross oceans are not foreigners but are given nice terms such as Tourists and Investors. Ofcourse we must understand that the likes of Patriotic Alliance are products of the Colonial and Apartheid Ideological Apparatus which taught and trained Afrikans into hating each other(lethal self hate).

We need a sober and clear ideological and political program to arrest the backward thinking which continues to pit Afrikans against Afrikans. The Europeans who colonized us , the government of the day(African National Congress) and the Afrophobes such as Patriotic Alliance for their ideological bankruptcy and intellectual laziness of always seeking simple solutions to complex matters are all complicit to the raging Black on Black violence.

It would be insincere of me not to talk about how some of our Afrikan brothers and Sisters from the continent have misbehaved and populated our communities with drugs . This they have done in working with locals(South Africans including the Police). They have complicated the matters further and therefore providing the lazy thinking Afrophobes with ammunation.

By 

Teboho Sekhosana

Political and Social Activist

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