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<TITLE> MEDIA RELEASE: Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town - Statement on Xenophobia</TITLE>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Statement by the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Much of the appalling violence being inflicted by our people on foreigners in Alexandra and elsewhere is rooted in deep frustration arising from our failure to distribute the gains of economic growth in South Africa to all. But it is unacceptable for those who suffer poverty and deprivation to express their anger by attacking others who are also suffering from poverty and deprivation. Sadly, foreign people are labeled, abused and killed, but those from other countries who live among us are just as much our neighbours, whom we are commanded by Jesus to love as ourselves, as are South Africans. Foreign nationals are God’s people too. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">May 15, 2008</FONT></SPAN></P>
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