It's very worrying Peter..... Mollene who works at Pepper Square parking lot and who rents a house in Philippi has also told me she is very worried, having also heard rumours of xenophobic attacks after the WC. I responded: Don't worry, I'll see you right if anything happens..... But by then (....by the time anything "happens" it might well be too late). I can't imagine how frightening it must be for a mother with two small children......
I made my promise a bit rashly......but you're making me think more seriously now..... On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Peter Brooks <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't want to be alarmist, and I know that there have been terrible > rumours in the past that have proved groundless, but I thought I > should mention this. There have been some rumours in the press: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/may/14/migrants-fear-violence-south-africa > > Our maid/char is certainly taking it seriously. Despite there being no > work in Zimbabwe, and her family being very short of money, she is > leaving for Zimbabwe in two weeks time. She has been getting death > threats. She says that she has been told that 'foreigners will be > killed after the world cup, and they will kill the boers too, she must > be gone before the 12th of July'. > > There is an organisation that is tracking this violence and they have > concerns too: > > > http://www.cormsa.org.za/2010/05/17/threats-of-further-xenophobic-violence-continue-video/ > > Is anybody else aware of this? Should we be reporting this to somebody? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en
