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| Group of looters breaking into a foreign-store in Soweto |
Xenophobia is an unreasonable dislike of people who come from other
countries and are referred to as foreigners.The movement started in Soweto and took everyone by
surprise. Xenophobic attacks were caused by some residents in Soweto who
claimed that Somalians steal their local businesses and become rich from their
own pockets. The movement became even worse after KingZwelithini's speech.
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| Minister of sports and recreation; Fikile Mbalula Minister of arts and culture: Nathi Mthetwa wearing their tshirts to show solidarity |
Positive results of the #SayNoToXenophobia
This hashtag created a lot of controversy through social media platforms
like twitter and Facebook to be specific. It also allowed the hashtag to be
word widely recognized. People got a chance to voice out their opinions. They
got updated about the news as they were happening. To name but a few impacts
that were created by the hashtag: South Africans took a stand by posting their
pictures on instagram titled #WeAreOne, South African musical artists like
Donald, Moneoa, Jabu Hlongwane and other musicians like Patoranking from
Nigeria and many more took their time and collaborated to a song called "we are
the world" to show our brothers and sisters from other countries that
we are united.
Music speaks volumes,when worlds leave you speechless !
The following video shows
how public relations practitioners have brought the spirit of oneness to our
attention as to how working together can benefit us if we put our
differences aside
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| The brutal attack of Emmanuel Sithole in Alexandra township |
How the hashtag was disadvantaged from
the use of social media:
The hashtag also had a negative impact as some of the people were
slaughtered like animals while some some were burnt into ashes. what a slow
painful death. Among them was Emmanuel Sithole who was stabbed to death by
Mthinta Bhengu and Sifundi Mzimela from Alexandra township in
Johannesburg on the 18 of April 2015. On his wrist, was found 3 armbands which
read like this "united for bafana", this shows how much he loved this
country. unfortunately he couldn't live long to embrace the beauty of it.
Brands that stoop up against xenophobic attacks:
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| The UJ executive against xenophobia |
Brands like MTN radio awards , South African
football association and premier soccer league as well as University of Johannesburg stood up against xenophobic attacks to show solidarity by doing so they created positive PR and awareness for the organisation as a whole.They reflected an internal emotional commitment to the brand as well as brand creation preference.
I think social media created awareness for almost everyone.
With it, people were able to get get newsworthy information and it also allowed
everyone to interact with who ever they want at any time of the day throughout
the world.
As much as social media has a negative side,the positive side is really fascinating. Who would have thought that hashtags can bring people together irrespective of different countries!Wow!Interesting sight Mphakiseng Lephoto
ReplyDeleteXenophobia tarnished the reputation of South Africa and the values that we stand for. We forever thank social media for the platform it has given us to voice out our opinion and spread a word.
ReplyDeleteXenophobia tarnished the reputation of South Africa and the values that we stand for. We forever thank social media for the platform it has given us to voice out our opinion and spread a word.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sipokazi.It shows how the people of South Africa are united.I mean having prominent people like Maps Maponyanen,our President Jacob Zuma and others who stood in solidarity like that shows that we are going somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYes Ntembeko, but not only did it turnish, it also brought the awereness to South African citizens. Atleast now we have an idea of know how tackle such issues .ohhh yes! A big thank you to the use of social media for bringing people together and conveying the message in time.
ReplyDeletexenophobia is a barbaric behavior which I don't support as a south african citizen.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on that one Andani. We are all human beings. People shouldn't be judged based on the colour of their skin, language and what so forth.No one deserves to be burned alive.
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