SA: legalise immigrants

The South African government has consistently moved to block attempts to discuss Zimbabwe's political and economic meltdown in the UN security council, insisting it's not the correct forum since the issue does not have international security implications.

This... despite being warned repeatedly that millions of legal and illegal immigrants streaming over our shared border to eke out a living in the already depressed informal settlements that surround our major cities amounted to a ticking time bomb. Well, the predicted explosion has now occurred, the fuse ignited in this instance by a perception that foreigners are somehow jumping the queue for state-provided low-cost housing.

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