The government of Lesotho has disclosed that more needs to be done to protect its citizens working in South Africa after hundreds of them were displaced during clashes with the local population.
A spokesman, Likopo Mahase, revealed that Lesotho, which is surrounded by South Africa, is serious about finding long-lasting solutions for the employment of seasonal farm workers.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that last week, more than 400 Lesotho nationals were displaced during fighting with residents in the town of Hankey in the Eastern Cape.
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A hundred of them subsequently left South Africa.
The violence began a week ago after foreign nationals were accused of killing two local men.
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa had two weeks ago asserted that racism remains part of ‘everyday life’ in the country after a scandal erupted over a viral video showing the humiliation of black students.
‘Racism is still a feature of everyday life in South Africa,’ Ramaphosa wrote in his weekly letter, decrying the situation.
He said the nation was ‘outraged at the sight of a white student at the University of Stellenbosch degrading and humiliating a fellow black student in a despicable act.’
Africa Daily News, New York had earlier sighted a viral video which showed a first-year white student urinating on the books and laptop belonging to a black colleague in the early hours of Sunday, May 15.
A voice off-camera asks ‘Why are you peeing in my room?’ The white student replies flatly, ‘I’m waiting for someone.’
The South African Students’ Congress said white students later said: ‘that it is what they do to black boys.’
‘We need to understand what is causing racist attitudes to flourish in our schools and places of higher learning,’ Ramaphosa said.
‘We need to understand what kind of institutional cultures contribute to racism in the workplace, in social organisations, and in communities.’
The incident sparked a week of protests at Stellenbosch, a mostly white school in a mostly black country.
