This man in the picture bellow died just because he was a foreigner. Imagine fleeing persecution, war or an abusive regime and run for refuge in another country just to end up being killed in the most horrendous way.
DURING THE STRUGGLE SOUTH AFRICANS OR NAMIBIAN WHO FOUND REFUGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES WE NEVER EXPOSED TO XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE AS WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA. We should say no to xenophobia in Namibia in all its forms and warn incompetent politicians from using the presence of foreigners in the country as a reason for Poverty, Lack of employment, lack of opportunity, etc... Xenophobia is practice in Namibia at the highest level of government and the result is a number of Xenophobic policies enacted over the past 10 year notably pushing back the Naturalization process from 2 years to 10 years under the pretext that certain foreigners resort to fake marriages to secure Namibian Citizenship. Namibia does not have a friendly policy of integration for foreigners who made Namibia their home or to Namibian citizen's foreign spouse who face hardship in securing employment (as for must jobs it's Namibians first), bank funding (very high deposits required from foreigners for purchases of cars homes), business opportunities (virtually no possibility of securing a tender), long wait for documentation from home affairs, discrimination in getting health service, police assistance, discrimination in criminal court proceedings (a foreigner it seems is guilty until proven innocent), Humiliation in the Media by local Namibian Newspaper who always make it a focal point to say one is a foreigner feeding a growing sentiment of xenophobia etc.... NAMIBIA AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE RAINBOW NATION MUST STAND UP AND SAY NO TO XENOPHOBIA IN ALL ITS FORMS.
Namibia should be beautiful inside out and xenophobia in Namibia is an ugly reality for foreigners who suffer the horrendous effects of Xenophobia.
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