Opinion

The causes of xenophobic violence, a major scourge of our times, are more nuanced than we might think

20 October 2019 - 00:03
By sue de groot AND Sue de Groot

Whenever two or more people are gathered around a television watching scenes of xenophobic violence play out on the screen, it is highly likely that one of them will say something about "vandals" or "hooligans" or it being "just an excuse to loot".

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