South Africans Fear Death Sentence

BLOEMFONTEIN: Visiting the racial violence-torn South Africa at the time when riot outbursts spreads like veld fires in most of the country's townships is not only scaring but also heartbreaking.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation television stations are characterised by gruesome footage of violence, death, burning shacks and hundreds of Zimbabweans, Somalis and others who sought refuge at the police stations.

It appears that the targeted shacks are those that are occupied by foreigners who are hunted like wild animals and assaulted to near-death condition. Not only are they assaulted but even their belongings are either burnt down to ashes or taken away from them.

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