The mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni has called on residents of the metropolitan to stop discriminating against other African citizens who are making a living through businesses. In his final state of the city address‚ executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele said the country must never be allowed to play host to racism‚ xenophobia or homophobia."The forever unstable relationship between our people and other African nationals‚ especially those running businesses in the townships‚ must be effectively snuffed out."All of us know how these ills destroy the fabric of society‚ and 22 years into our democracy we must ensure that colour‚ race and gender become only a God-given gift to each one of us not an indelible mark or attribute that accords special status to any‚" said Gunngubele.Ekurhuleni was the area most affected in the country by the xenophobic attacks in 2008. It was in the area of Ramaphosa in Ekurhuleni where a man of Mozambican origin was assaulted and later set alight in broad daylight and in full view of the public.In 2011 the city held a cleansing ceremony at the Ramaphosa informal settlement in memory of those lost during the xenophobic violence of 2008. Other activities that were hosted by the metro included a summit on xenophobia summit and games against xenophobia pitting locals against foreign nationals.Gungubele is set to complete his term of office on August 3 when local government elections are scheduled to take place.TMG Digital/TMG Local Government team..