In 2006, for a period of 3 months, 10 Somalis were killed in an attack though the Police attributed it to crime rather than xenophobic attack. Also, in May 2008, 42 people were killed. These people were mostly Mozambicans. In 2012, an estimated 140 foreign nationals were killed under circumstances relating to xenophobia. It has been observed that though at various times, there have been attacks and the general 'aura' of irresponsibility that permeates almost every government on the continent has made it difficult for African leaders to muster enough political will to drive positive and change oriented policies that will curb the dreadful xenophobic tendencies. Africa at this time in her life needs every one to be on the same page of developmental strides that will celebrate our uniqueness and promote our cultural heritage. This war must not be left to South Africa and her people alone. Just like leaders around the continent financed and provided support for the war against apartheid, they must come together also at this time to finance, provide support and the necessary political will to prosecute this war. The reasons for these various attacks at different times can not be far fetched. It can't be denied that socio-economic inequality that is apparent in the South African society is one reason too many. We can't also shy away from the woes of apartheid; The worse of all the reasons for xenophobia. Rambo, a commentator on a South African website alluded to this. "The worst thing that came out of apartheid is that it made blacks to resent their skin colour so much that anything darker is detested and anything white is adored", Rambo commented. It is this ill of apartheid that ruined the psychological build up of the black South Africans. If economic inequality is endemic, the black youth of South Africa have failed to realise that the solution lies with them. With a high rate of crime, drug abuse, rape and AIDS, the government and the black South Africans have jettisoned the option of changing the status quo via building capacities and equipping themselves with needed knowledge to break into the white dominated work force and compete favourably with blacks from other parts of the continent. To my dismay, I have read comments and seen videos online where these black brothers of ours claimed all they want is to rid their country of illegal migrants but the question is; are there no white illegal immigrants in the country? If yes, why have they not been attacked? On further probe, I found the statement credited to the AU chair, the president of Zimbabwe, R G Mugabe where he said "South Africans will kick down a statue of a dead white man but won't even attempt to slap a live one. Yet they can stone to death a black man simply because he is a foreigner." Mugabe, in my opinion, lacks the moral ground to speak ill of South Africans as his misrule as caused hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans to become illegal residents in South Africa but we can't deny the truth in his comment. This is another reason not to leave South Africans alone in the war that threatens to tear her apart from sister nations. During these past weeks, we have witnessed as usual the irresponsibility of some African leaders and governments. We witnessed the recall of the Nigerian envoy to South Africa rather than the evacuation of Nigerians that are willing to return home. It is however more insulting and disrespectful to a sovereign nation that the response of South Africa was laced with reference to an accident that killed her nationals in our country. Both countries have acted in ways condemnable and they both must admit this error in order to forge ahead and strengthen their existing bilateral relationship. However, the reorientation of the blacks in SA is important as it is without doubt that their "hatred" for blacks didn't start today. It has always been with them, hence, the need for the psycho-dynamic approach of change where the younger generation is taught the essence of respecting every other black man as a mark and seal of brotherhood across the continent. They must also be clearly informed that they are South Africans don't mean every opportunity will be theirs even if merited, a clear line between discrimination and competition for available scarce resources must be shown. We must all rise to condemn the killings of fellow blacks and our brothers in South Africa must embrace the rule of law. To put an everlasting end to the evil called Xenophobia, the government of South Africa must look into her immigration laws, strengthen her border security ( though I wish Africans can always go to African countries without restrictions), educate her youth and provide jobs to cater for her people. Other governments on the continents too must not always use poverty to turn our homelands into strange lands. They must improve on wealth creation and build infrastructures to support their ever increasing populations. South Africa and South Africans need us more than ever and we can't afford to let her down. Let us rally round her and make concerted efforts at saving her soul. We must show the world that Africa is one and we are united. We are against xenophobia. We are one big black family and we are proud of this. God bless Africa!!!