1. A Hungry man is an angry man
By: Tsitso L. Monaheng
In the beginning, God said; let us create man in our own image and likeness (Genesis 1; 26)
According to Christianity, all human beings resemble the identity of supremacy; as such treatment,
associations and interaction from one human to the next ought to be godly that is, with respect and
humanity, but is this the practical case that prevails in our society today? Has this conduct prevailed
at all in the past?
As a toddler growing up in the 90s, I was told about a giant word called apartheid, that it was a
system of the superior (Whites) that oppressed the less dominant and privileged group (Blacks) in
terms to distribution of resources education and health care. I was informed that the dominant
group had more power to dictate and control all these to its own advantage.
As an adult, I am confronted with the meaning of the word but this time under a different meaning
called xenophobia which means prejudice or dislike of people from other countries, is history
repeating itself in another form? Will a black person ever be liberated?
In retrospect, let’s assess and peruse the causes of apartheid? Surely greed for power and
dominance were key, people who feel have ways and means for dominance would want to rule over
others less privileged so that they secure their position of power.
However, in the case of Xenophobia, the system is slightly different as the ruler-ship (government)
programmes the people themselves to fight each other to distract them from focusing on their
incompetency and effectiveness on service delivery. It is a very unfortunate exercise from which less
educated and poor society is made to believe that foreigners are the culprits behind their plight, as
the minor elite group watch over as masses salvage and destroy one another because these
practices takes place in the townships and not in the suburbs, looting of spaza shops and not in
central business districts (CBDs,)
So, the golden question in this instance is; ‘How do we end this unfortunate practice’?
Does the defence and justice system have to be more powerful? Or the maybe creation of more jobs
to the countries citizens?
Well, in my opinion, the answer lies in what causes and reasons that gave birth to it in the first place;
Greed for economic power and dominance.

2. The answer lies in making reforms to narrow the gap between the social classes (rich and poor),
through ownership of means of production and accessibility to produce. Under such circumstance,
there will be no want and consequently no war and hatred. However, this transition is nonetheless
an intrinsic self-declaration and no one is responsible to provide another person with but
themselves. Most Foreigners who invade territories most arrive there not owning much but
ultimately commit to acquiring more, as such, nationals ought to adopt this mind-set as it is the
essence and true economic liberation.
As the emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I speech to the United nations in 1963:
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently
discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-
class citizens of any nation, until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour
of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race,
there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international
morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is
war.”
Popularized by Bob Marley in the song War”