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By Anna Lefatshe Moagi Submitted in Accordance with the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER of ARTS in the Subject POLITICS A A FANONIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE MAY 2008 XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TSHWANE MUNICIPALITY by Anna Lefatshe Moagi submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the subject POLITICS at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF L LANDAU JUNE 2014 DEDICATION I would like to thank my parents, Mary T. Moagi and Isaac M. Moagi and my three brothers for their constant support. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor. K. L Maphunye, Professor S. Zondi and to Professor RHM Moeketsi for their wise advice and the fact that they kept me going, like the others I have mentioned, who all supported me through their prayers and words of encouragement and advice. Lastly, thank you to my mentor, Professor Loren Landau, from the African Centre for Migration and Society. In addition, I would like to thank the Agang Sechaba Community Project and the team, for your assistance with the field research. I thought the devil did not want me to achieve this degree and my God proved him wrong. Finally, to Ronald with love. ……………………………. Ms. Anna Lefasthe Moagi ii Student number: 3450-957-7 DECLARATION I declare that this research report entitled A Fanonian perspective on the May 2008 xenophobic violence in South Africa: A case study of the Tshwane Municipality is my own unaided work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. …………………………… ………………………………… SIGNATURE Anna Lefatshe Moagi Date iii ABSTRACT The research on xenophobia in South Africa is underpinned by the relationship described by Frantz Fanon between violence and oppression present within the structures of domination. This research addresses the colonial structures that manifested themselves within the oppressive modes in societies. It employs a Fanon analysis of the xenophobic violence of May 2008 and serves to provide an understanding of the experiences of a particular condition and of how a broader invisible context plays an important role in what society sees and assimilates. The question can be asked: Is it safe to say that the xenophobic attacks were racist, or was it mere bigotry? An analysis based on the writings of Franz Fanon coupled with a psychological account of the participants, affirms that the xenophobic attacks revealed that the previously colonised or oppressed black people in South Africa reacted with regard to the assimilation of the master and its slave narrative and dialect. Theories of oppression and slavery posit that patterns of colonialism reoccur and manifest themselves both internally and externally within society. A serious debate is necessary to question whether the incidents came at a time that South Africa should have reflected on society’s interaction with foreign immigrants. Key Words: Franz Fanon, xenophobia, migration, Foreign immigrants, violence, humanism, politics of exclusion, structural violence, force, rehabilitation iv ABBREVIATIONS ANC: African National Congress ACMS: African Centre for Migration and Society BSWM: Black skin, white masks CBD: Central business district CDE: Centre for Development and Enterprise CORMSA: Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa CoSS: Centre/s of Safe Shelter CHR: Centre for Human Rights DA: Democratic Alliance DFA: Department of Foreign Affairs DHA: Department of Home Affairs FMSP: Forced Migration Studies Programme HRW: Human Rights Watch HSRC: Human Sciences Research Council ISS: Institute for Security Studies IDP: Internally displaced person PDI: Previously disadvantaged individuals PDG: Previously disadvantaged groups RDP: Reconstruction and Development Programme RSA: Republic of South Africa SAMP: South African Migration Programme SAHRC: South African Human Rights Commission SAMP: Southern African Migration Project SAPS: South African Police Service v SARS: South African Revenue Service UIF: Unemployment Insurance Fund UN: United Nations UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees vi TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGES 1. Dedication …………………………………………………………………….. ....... ii 2. Declaration……………………………………………………………………. ....... .iii 3. Abstract…………………………………………………………………………...... iv 4. List of tables………………………………………………………………….. ........ v 5. List of abbreviations…………………………………………………………. ....... vi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPOSED STUDY 1.1 BACKGROUND AND FORMULATION OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM…………………… ...................................................................... .1 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTION ………………………………………………………..2 1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................................... 2 1.4 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY ……………… ......................................................................... ..3 1.5 PARADIGM OF RESEARCH ………………………………………………… ... 9 1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY………………………………………………...10 1.6.1 Sample …………………………………………………………………… ..... ..13 1.6.1.2 Data collection methods ……………………………………………… ..... .13 1.6.1.3 Data analysis ………………………………………………………… ..... ..13 1.6.1.4 Ethical considerations ……………………………………………… ..... ….14 1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ……………………………………………… . 14 1.8 OUTLINE OF THE STUDY …………………………………………………… . 14 1.9 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………..17 vii 2.1.1 FANON AS A CRITICAL THINKER FOR THE POST-COLONIAL ERA ..18 2.1.1.1 Fanon on coercion and force………………………………………… .. ….20 2.1.1.2 Fanon on structural violence ………………………………………… ... …26 2.1.1.3 Fanon on the politics of physical injury and violence ............................ 30 2.1.1.4 Fanon and critical humanism ……………………………………………...32 2.1.1.5 Fanon and separatism…………………………………………………… .. .34 2.2 FANON AS A REVOLUTIONARY THINKER .............................................. 40 2.3 FANON AND THE BULLIES OF XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE…………….. 43 2.4 FANON AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE COLONISED…..……45 2.5. PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RESPONSE TO XENOPHOBIA………………..45 2.5.1 Freud’s Interpretation to xenophobic violence……..……………………..46 2.5.2 Marxist Interpretation to xenophobia.………………………………………..47 2.5.3 Existentialist and Hegel’s dialectics to xenophobia……..………………....49 2.5.4 Lacan’s Interpretation to xenophobia………………….…………………….50 2.6 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………50 CHAPTER THREE: THE PATTERN OF MIGRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA POST 1994: THE NARRATIVES AROUND THE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS OF MAY 2008 3.1 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………52 3.2 STATISTICS OF FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA ... 54 3.3 THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA .. 54 3.3.1 Informal settlements is a place for xenophobic attacks……………… .... ..55 3.3.2 The “Others” are being excluded in South Africa……………………… ….56 3.4 WHAT IS PROBLEMATIC IN SOUTH AFRICA IN TERMS OF XENOPHOBIA?.............. ................................................................. ....58 3.4.1 The structural character of xenophobia in South Africa……………… .... ..59 3.4.2 The discourse on Afro-phobia or xenophobia or racism…………… ... …..60 viii 3.5 THE POLITICS OF ENTITLEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICANS AND THEIR RIGHTS …………… ........................................................................ 62 3.6 POLICIES THAT REGULATE IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA……… .. 64 3.7 HOW VALUABLE IS THE AFRICAN VALUE OF UBUNTU IN THE LIGHT OF XENOPHOBIA…… ................................................................... 65 3.8 THE DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT VARIABLES PERTAINING TO XENOPHOBIA ..................................................................................... 67 3.9 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………… ..... 68 CHAPTER FOUR: ANALYSIS OF TSHWANE MUNICIPALITY 4.1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………… ................................... 69 4.2 UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION INTO TSHWANE ... 71 4.3 WHO IS ACTUALLY AN IMMIGRANT IN SOUTH AFRICA?................... ... 74 4.3.1 The “alien” in the Immigration Act of 2002……………………………… .... 76 4.3.2 The language of discrimination used to describe the ‘Other’…………… . 76 4.3.3 The language of violence and mob justice regarding immigrants……… . 80 4.4 INTEGRATION AND EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA………….. .................................................................... 82 4.5 RESPONSE TO THE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS OF MAY 2008 IN TSHWANE …………….. ......................................................................... 83 4.5.1 INFORMAL SETTLEMENT AS THE HUB OF POVERTY AND XENOPHOBIA……………………………………………………………………….85 4.6 CONCLUSION…………… .......................................................................... 88 CHAPTER FIVE: RESEARCH FINDINGS, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 5.1 INTRODUCTION …………………………… ................................................ 89 5.2 FANON ELEMENTS PRESENT WITHIN NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS ........ 90 ix 5.2.1 Fear………………………………………………………………… ................ 92 5.2.2 Rehabilitation……………………………………………… ........................... 93 5.2.3 Wealth and power………… ………………………………………… ........... 94 5.2.4 Capitalism and exploitation……………………………………………… ...... 94 5.2.5 Violence……………………………………………… ................................... 96 5.3. PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH DATA ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 98 5.4. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF THE RESPONDENTS ................... 98 5.4.1 Age of the respondents……………………………………… ...................... 98 5.4.2 Sex of the respondents……………………………………………… ...........
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