Fixing the Home Affairs Department is key to fighting xenophobia

Christine Hobden
XENOPHOBIA is back on the table: The Economic Freedom Fighters programme to check the ratio of South African to foreign employees at restaurants has prompted heated public discourse. Where exactly is the line drawn between democratic care for South Africans and being xenophobic? And who is driving this line: Disillusioned citizens or manoeuvring political parties — or, of course, a combination of both?

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