{"id":209586,"date":"2021-11-25T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/xenophobic-sentiments-not-a-true-reflection-of-sa\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:52:19","slug":"xenophobic-sentiments-not-a-true-reflection-of-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/xenophobic-sentiments-not-a-true-reflection-of-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenophobic sentiments not a true reflection of SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202111\/mondli.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Cabinet says it has noted the rising xenophobic sentiments and stereotypes in some parts of the country against foreign nationals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said: \u201cThe onslaught of COVID-19 has affected all people in South Africa and the negative sentiments being perpetuated by a handful of people do not reflect the true state of cordial relations between foreigners living and working within our communities and our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Cabinet, at its meeting on Wednesday, called on communities to be vigilant and avoid being coerced into hating other fellow human beings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Cabinet] called on everyone to act responsibly and within the bounds of the law. Report any act of lawlessness such as intimidation and public violence to law-enforcement agencies,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cabinet approved the concept approach to this year\u2019s commemoration of Disability Rights Awareness Month, which is commemorated annually from 3 November to 3 December.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said the campaign focuses on raising awareness on persons with disabilities in society, and celebrates the progress made as a country to provide space for the active participation of people with disabilities in the drive for economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Disability Rights Awareness Month will be held under the theme: \u201cThe Year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke \u2013 Create and Realise an Inclusive Society Upholding Rights of Persons with Disabilities\u201d. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet says it has noted the rising xenophobic sentiments and stereotypes in some parts of the country against foreign nationals.&nbsp; At a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said: \u201cThe onslaught of COVID-19 has affected all people in South Africa and the negative sentiments being perpetuated by a handful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-209586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/xenophobic-sentiments-not-a-true-reflection-of-sa.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}