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Regional Youth Meeting Condemns Xhenophobia

  1. Posted on Tuesday 27 May 2008 - 09:46
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    Regional Youth Meeting Condemns Xhenophobia

    By Stephen T. Matenga recently in Pretoria, South Africa

    PRETORIA: Young people from the Southern Africa region have condemned "in strongest terms" the ensuing xhenophobia related violence and attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The young people, attending a regional meeting on Public budget commitment to health and management of donor funding on HIV/Aids in Africa, have described xhenophobia as a form of apartheid compromising human dignity, pan africanism, a shared history and a shared destination of the African people.

    Mr. Mzwakhe Sigudla, President of the host organisation, The Southern Africa Youth Movement (SAYM), said these attacks of Africans by Africans are tantamount to a 'dog eat dog' scenario. "Xhenophobia is an evil, it is unjustified, barbaric and strongly condemned," he said Thursday, in his opening remarks to the two day meeting which started by observing a minute of silence for the victims of these brutal attacks engulfing South Africa.

    The meeting sougth to empower young people from Southern Africa with skills to monitor their governments' commitments and implementation of the 2001 Abuja Declaration of the Africa Union where governments agreed to channel 15% of their national budgets to health. it is however unfortunate thatnone of the SADC states has met that target. to enlighten the young people on legislative advocacy options and strategies for ensuring the implimentation of regional and international protocols and Declarations, two Members of Parliament, Honourables Blessing Chebundo and Themba Godi of Zimbabwe and South Africa respectively, addressed the meeting.

    Meanwhile, Morgan Tsvangirai, the President of the opposition MDC in Zimbabwe has visited and addressed xhenophobia victims in South Africa urging them to 'go back home and defeat Mugabe.' Tsvangirai has since returned to Zimbabwe after getting government assurances for his security.

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