Schwartzerwitz: How many Zimbabweans in South Africa?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

How many Zimbabweans in South Africa?

South Africans share a common belief that large numbers of Zimbabweans have been streaming over the border, but how to handle this influx - and even how many Zimbabweans are in South Africa - is a source of disagreement. (from News24)

The number varies from a high of 9.84 millionm through 4.1 million. Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

"This perception produces feelings of helplessness and desperation among officials," concluded the Centre for Development and Enterprise which estimates the number of foreigners in Johannesburg to be only between 500 000 to 550 000.

"You’d think that if it was a large volume of people there’d be a lot of pressure to do something about it but it seems to work the other way around. I think certain government officials like it because it’s an excuse not to do anything because it's too big of a problem." Polzer said

There is a problem with Polzer's counting. If you read the article you will find that he is talking ONLY Zimbabwean MALES. Africa is not just filled with Zimbabwean males - there are women, children and the elderly too, not to mention OTHER countries!

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Every Pogrom needs an Armband....

Welcome to Schwartzerwitz. The inevitable consequence of 4 million illegal immigrants arriving in South Africa. More desperate than our local folk they are willing to work longer harder faster for less. The immigrants are more reliable than South African unskilled labour and have outcompeted the local folk. No matter what anyone says it's not FAIR on our locals. Adding 4 million hungry mouths to the country has exacerbated the rocketing food prices felt across the globe. Adding 4 million potential electricity users to the mix has undoubtedly worsened the electricity situation. Having 4 million people send home money to their family drains the economy of money which should stay within the borders. Adding 4 million people and not registering them as taxpayers has cost the country billions. What chance does our government of ridding the country of shacks as per the Millennium Development Goal when 4 million immigrants build/rent shacks. Murambatsvina in Zimbabwe....? Just move to a shack in South Africa. On an individual basis this site condemns violent acts against individuals. However as a collective the illegal immigrants deserve no sympathy and should be deported back from whence they came. These people are economic refugees - "not real refugees" - and they are(generally speaking) in South Africa illegally.

kwerekwere.

The inside cover of my Oxford English dictionary features a word with which I have become all too familiar: the word is kwerekwere.

(It may be more familiar to you with one of its vernacular language–dependant prefixes prepended — the Sotho singular being le– and plural ma–, the Nguni singular being i– and plural ama–). This word is used to refer to black (in the morphological sense) Africans who are not South Africans — South African being defined as Sotho, Nguni, Venda and Tsonga ethnic groups (by that measure the Swazis, Batswana, etc. would be South African?). This word has a very negative sting to it and is often used with contempt. From what I gather it has undertones which speak of how black Africans are believed to be sub–human, too dark and have a pungent smell.