Online Reporter
Stephen Mpofu
In the latest anti-immigrant blitz, a Zimbabwean was murdered during a TV show in South Africa a few days ago, according to reports from the neighbouring state.
But exact circumstances under which the man’s neck was slashed with a knife in the town of Benoni were not yet clear by the time of going to press.
However, the killing has reportedly sent waves of fear and sympathy cascading across homes in the Bonda area of Mberengwa District in Midlands South Province, where the deceased, said to be married, came from.
He reportedly died in the arms of another Zimbabwean man watching the TV show with him, and was reportedly being prepared to be brought back home for burial today or tomorrow.
Zimbabweans were among thousands, if not millions, of Africans recruited by the Afrikaners during apartheid rule when blacks withdrew their labour during their fight for independence.
Many other Zimbabweans have illegally been crossing the Limpopo River boundary with South Africa to seek employment when their search for jobs back home yielded no positive results.
But many Zimbabweans with residence and work permits reportedly remain in South Africa after thousands were reportedly sent back home in the anti-immigrant campaign.
Our Government has been working hard to find jobs for them back home.
Those from West Africa chased away during the anti-immigrant blitzkrieg are reportedly retaliating by also flushing out South Africans working in those countries and sending them back to their native country.
The latest incident involving the throat-slitting of the Zimbabwean in Benoni must remind Zimbabweans back home of the culture of violence, which is an anathema.
Zimbabweans returning home might have embraced it to cause terror as a way of solving disagreements back home.
This also means that law enforcement agents have to keep their ears and eyes wide open to nip any violent acts in the bud for the safety, law and order, and peace of every Zimbabwean citizen.
Peace and tranquillity are not only virtues but catalysts for national development into brave new futures.
