Mbeki quoted writer Jason Cowley who had said the riots had revealed an “England atomised, an England in pieces.”
Mbeki warned that the UK riots could ignite similar “riotous rampage among our own people!”Former president Thabo Mbeki has warned that what the world saw in connection with England’s worst rioting in 13 years could happen here in South Africa, fuelled by “xenophobic Afrophobia.”
False rumours spread on social media that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker. After a vigil was held in the girls’ honour, the following evening, attendees attacked a nearby mosque.The former president drew parallels between the UK and South Africa, referencing the reaction to the candidacy of former Miss South Africa finalist Chidimma Adetshina, saying the country could also engage in what he called a “moronic inferno”.
“Whereas forty percent of these boycotted the 4 July elections in the UK, in our case the number was sixty percent during the 29 May elections! Mbeki further warned that “should such a grouping arise,” negative forces would be encouraged because those “who take great pride in demanding ‘Mabahambe!’,” and others of their ilk, are now sitting in both parliament and government.
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