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Let's foster unity to avert flare up of tribal conflict

The violent images from Johannesburg earlier this month, where African immigrants were attacked by violent mobs leading to 12 deaths, were disturbing and upsetting for all Africans.

Yet sadly, they were not surprising. After all, this was not the first time other Africans had been attacked and killed in South Africa. In March, foreign owned businesses were attacked by a violent mob in Durban, killing three people. In 2016 there were anti-immigrant riots in Tshwane. In 2015 there were two rounds of nationwide riots and attacks, in April and October. Need I go on?

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