Trevor Noah summed up very wisely the root causes of South Africa’s immigration woes
ERUDITE celebrity comedian Trevor Noah summed up very wisely the root causes of South Africa’s immigration woes, pointing at what socialist politicians oftentimes refer to as “bread-and-butter issues”.
It’s all about economics, damnit, was basically Noah’s wise finding from his lived experience.
For as long as things are going right, no local ever realises that someone adjacent is a foreigner or undocumented immigrant, Noah noted. It is only until the nation’s resources get whittled down and scarcity occupies the centre that resource allocation becomes a subject of intense scrutiny.
Noah says he grew up in a home where his mother’s generosity knew no bounds, and she used to send the young Noah to deliver goodies to the needy in the neighbourbood. It was a chore Noah says he performed unquestionably with ease, including sometimes handing the needy some cash from his mother.
