I wish to commence my case against the African National Congress (ANC) on the afrophobia and xenophobia attacks in these International Court of Human Conscience, and African Court of Ubuntu, with preliminary statements.
My case is not against the misinformed, depersonalised, devalued, unemployed, and unemployable Black South Africans, even though they are involved in inflicting violence against their fellow Africans. They are elements, whose parents militantly fought for the liberation of South Africa.
Elements, who like their parents, grew up with slogans like Amandla Ngawethu – “Power to the people”; Mayibuye iAfrica – “Let Africa return”; “Crush Apartheid Between the Hammer of Armed Struggle and the Anvil of Mass Action”; “Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win, History is on Our side”; “Everything for the Struggle, Victory for All”, amongst many others.
To me, the unemployed and unemployable Black South Africans are the miserable, sorrowful and painful victims of settler colonialism, apartheid and, now, the treacherous Black compradorial and petty bourgeoisie who dominate and control the ANC. Victims, who independence wholly thingtified (objectified), completely ignored, virtually forgot, and totally reduced to nothing.
