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SA teachers' union condemns attacks on foreigners ANA, The New Age, Johannesburg, 19 April 2015 Attacks on foreign nationals have caused untold damage to South Africa, the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) said on Saturday. "These attacks have caused untold damage to South Africa - a country that values human rights, peace and solidarity," said general secretary Mugwena Maluleke. "We are fully aware of the economic hardships faced by the majority of our people, however, such behavior can never be a justification for such barbaric acts. Our miseries and frustrations are not brought about by foreign nationals but by the capitalist system we are in." SADTU Teachers at Work, green, small.png He said the union was appalled by the unprecedented levels of hooliganism, killings and criminality that have been unleashed upon innocent foreign nationals, led mostly by young people. He said Africa and the international community had played a pivotal role towards the attainment of a new South Africa. "We therefore reiterate our call for the compulsory teaching of relevant history in our schools so that the current and future generations should know where we come from and our intrinsic link to the continent." He called on the youth to embrace education. "Education is the site of struggle, the struggle against poverty, unemployment and inequality." He said education should unlock the potential of the youth to participate in economic activity of the country in the future and not to resort to wanton destruction. Locals have waged attacks on foreign nationals, forcing them to flee from their homes. There have been attacks on foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. In 2008, 62 people were killed during attacks on foreign nationals. President Jacob Zuma, on Saturday, cancelled his state visit to Indonesia in order to attend to matters relating to attacks on foreign nationals. President Zuma was due to leave for Indonesia on Saturday evening for a state visit and to attend the Africa-Asia Summit and the commemoration of the 1955 Bandung summit, which brought together Africa and Asia to push forward the struggle for liberation and self-determination. Howver, he opted instead to visit a refugee camp for displaced foreigners in Durban while Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to travel to Indonesia instead. From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/156803-1007-53-SA_teachers_union_condemns_attacks _on_foreigners -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
