American in South Africa: Are African Americans welcome? | Is Xenophobia a real issue?

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  • @NhlanhlaMathe
    @NhlanhlaMathe ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When are you guys making videos about your perfect home countries and leaving SA alone?

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      I make videos about my living abroad experience. In this video I reference the same issue we have in the US in regards to immigrant issues. I encourage you to watch all the way through and you'll see the similarities discussed.

  • @tjmoruledi406
    @tjmoruledi406 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Literally is a people thing. I will say, South Africans reciprocate energy. You come with weird vibes that's what you will receive. We love everyone. SA is the only African place you'll find every ethnicity, Asians, Europeans, EVERYBODY living and coexisting in harmony.
    Thank you for telling the truth.

    • @josephshonga178
      @josephshonga178 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not the only African country; other countries have those ethnicities as well, but not in the numbers that South Africa has.

  • @blackOneTime
    @blackOneTime ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Been Here for 5 years .. Nothin but love and respect .

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my video I stated I never experienced it personally, I have great memories of living in South Africa. I also remember my partner at the time being an African immigrant and having a different experience. I think two things can be true at the same time. Thanks for watching.

  • @dokotelam7207
    @dokotelam7207 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Obvious you did spend sometimes in SA but you know a little to nothing about South African and their everyday struggles...
    You already spend some years in Ghana right now, have you ever meet South African driving Uber, selling in street or working in salon in Ghana?, but if you will be in SA big cities and small town is highly you will meet lot of Ghanaian in SA doing those jobs, unless you address why someone from Ghana can travel to SA to sell tomatoes in the streets?, obvious this will create tension with poor South African, this is also problem even among people from Zimbabwe and Lesotho, there is tension in wine farm works around cape town, is also not new problem, read a book by former Ghana president Kwame Nkrumah " dark days in Ghana" you will find how south African were treated in Ghana during apartheid in south Africa

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I asked a very important question in my video. Who benefits from African immigrants and South Africans fighting each other? When you answer that then we can discuss the rest. Thanks for watching.

    • @lebo5281
      @lebo5281 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @nzalitakesafrica Next time you are in South Africa, walk into an Ethiopian shop, check for illicit goods and expired goods, I guarantee you that after two hours into your raid, the stock will be at around R2million, one shop. Now visit 10 and do the same thing, then sit down and ask yourself how much tax revenue are we losing, how much are these shops contributing to our economy and banking system, if their cash is stacked in a bunker in the shop?
      Currently, school kids are lying in hospital, some have been buried because of ingesting fake goods.
      There are a lot of fingers that can be pointed but you also have to ask yourself why would anyone want to go to another country and run a completely illegal business??
      Who wipes tears of South Africans when tragedy occurs? Who are we to tell communities how to react when they have been wronged? People are tired and I personally cannot blame them. We are not going to swop our children's lives for African unity, it's unfair.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair the place I lived in South Africa had a good amount of Ethiopians there, they owned a few tuck shops and a restaurant . They feed me and were very good to me( Shout-out to Ms. Tina). It is unwise for us to classify all people because of a few. Also, we have to ask who is allowing so many people to enter and operate these so called "illegal businesses" I'm sure its the same people who benefit from foreign nationals and South Africans fighting. I'm only speaking from my experience, observing it in South Africa and seeing the same think happen in my own community in the US. I hear South Africans and I understand. I also challenge all Africans to think about who benefits when we fight each other. Thank you so much for watching and adding to this conversation.

    • @lebo5281
      @lebo5281 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @nzalitakesafrica I am speaking from being in a business district where I actually did this exercise in one street, and trust me, it is not pretty nor is it for the faint hearted. I am directly mentioning my sample, because I did not thumbsuck the numbers nor stereotype people. This happened in the same week where 98 Ethiopian boys and men were discovered locked in a house, trafficked to South Africa, dehydrated and malnutritioned. Guess who was arrested for this crime? An Ethiopian man on an asylum seeker permit that had been renewed since 2008.
      My point for making direct examples and real life experiences, is to assist you guys to get the real picture: South Africa cannot solve its migration crisis without the rest of Africa improving their economic statuses and living conditions.
      When people riot, let's listen to their reasons for doing so, let's not lecture them because we do not live in their communities.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      Two things can be true at the same time. I have listen and I agree and disagree with certain points you have made. My point is that you can't point one finger without the others pointing back at you. My essential question was who benefits from foreign nationals and South Africans fighting. That question has yet to be answered. I think if we answer that question then we will get to the real culprits.

  • @vathiswantloko8801
    @vathiswantloko8801 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am a South African how can you love someone who called you names of cause we have everything in our country these African people hate us as if we are not Africans especially Zimbabweans our government helped a lot ,he saved their lives and open the borders for them to save their lives they forget about that.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The help between other African countries and South Africa has gone both ways. I don't think it does us any good to start calculating points.

    • @frayserken
      @frayserken ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Xenophobia in South Africa. is real and to think Africans were helping south Africa to end apartheid.

    • @mzekezeke4015
      @mzekezeke4015 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@frayserkenIf it's real, then go to the 53 xenophobic FREE African countries. I don't get why this is hard.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It so unfortunate that you take this position. What if countries around the world that housed South Africans historically and presently took the same approach? How would you feel?

    • @somaphungarsa
      @somaphungarsa ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We don't want this here in Mzansi, corruption, crime, undocumented immigrants and disobedient

  • @NanaKNOwusu
    @NanaKNOwusu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you are not a Sociology professor, you should consider it. Excellent analysis of groups, history, and social factors responsible for certain views and behaviors.

  • @afrikaazanialuti
    @afrikaazanialuti ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whether South Africa has a *Xenophobic* environment for migrants and refugees may differ. South Africa, like many other countries, has faced challenges related to migration, including xenophobic violence and discrimination. However, it's important to note that despite high crime & unemployment levels, migrants continue to make South Africa their destination of choice & not all South Africans hold negative views toward migrants and refugees, and there are many individuals and organizations working to promote understanding, tolerance, and integration.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, I started, my video saying I personally had a beautiful experience there, which I have shared in other videos as well.

  • @LukeRev480
    @LukeRev480 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Other African countries need to fix their affairs period! You can blame S.A polititians all you want, but African leaders are not taking care of their own people. If they did, then our brothers would n't be economic migrants and therefore not present a threat.

  • @ernestmalonkane8668
    @ernestmalonkane8668 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just love Black America 🇺🇸 period! Uniformity; beautiful Soul music 🎶, R&B music 🎶, excellent Sporting (Basketball, Baseball and Athletics) , lots of Church, absolutely NO tribal divide. BLACK AMERICA 🇺🇸 IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      We love you right back!

    • @ikhowaka1471
      @ikhowaka1471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But crime and violence... that's the issue.

    • @D.Tucker-i8s
      @D.Tucker-i8s ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ikhowaka1471 just like in South Africa.

  • @behemecoiltv9672
    @behemecoiltv9672 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SA is getting a lot of money from the UNHCR for each refugee living in SA. They will never let that money go cz it helping them improve their citizen’s lives. Immigration crisis in SA can be handled but their political parties are benefiting from it such as ANC. Immigration is not SA problem but his economy that don’t benefit SA citizens cz it controlled by the minority white people. SA should liberate his people economically

  • @NkomoHaroldnicholas
    @NkomoHaroldnicholas ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Out of curiosity as a South African I would like to know What do you name mean because to me it sounds an African more a IsiZulu name or word and has the meaning

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was told it is a Bantu name and it means to be fearless because of God's protection

    • @vuyomadanda9181
      @vuyomadanda9181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ⁠in Xhosa your name could be short for Nonzaliseko. This means fulfillment... eg the fulfillment of a promise made ... more specifically, the fulfillment of God’s promises

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow! A few people have been telling me this. I think it's a beautiful name and great meaning.

    • @NkomoHaroldnicholas
      @NkomoHaroldnicholas ปีที่แล้ว

      In IsiZulu as a bantu language the name or word says one who bears that ( Nzali /Nzala the name is used to respect Weman in IsiZulu tradition a phrase word of it is Nzala - Bantu meaning one who bears people or nation or one who brought about nation it is language of Identification & respect instead of calling them Weman as the most important people in the nation remember IsiXhosa language is interlegeable with IsiZulu as they are one group ( i.e) Nguni but some of the words being the same in spelling and pronouncation they sometimes differ in meaning you must not get confused about this

  • @tselekhaswane8041
    @tselekhaswane8041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Deep, provocative & thought provoking.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching. Please subscribe and share the video.

  • @carleenabraham451
    @carleenabraham451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You look good and speak very well, I am coming to Africa soon hope you are ready fo to

  • @tshepoinnocent4458
    @tshepoinnocent4458 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    How about you start making content about Ghana and for once just leave SA out of your contents. It,s crazy how everyone is so obsessed about SA.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's clear you are new to this space. On this channel I speak about my travel and living abroad in Africa. I have lived in South Africa and Ghana, therefore, I speak about both. If you don't like it continue to watch and leave comments. The algorithm loves it!

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's also obvious that you didn't really watch my video. I literally said you can find this issue in the Black American community and the African and Latino immigrant community in the US.

    • @ernestmalonkane8668
      @ernestmalonkane8668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nzali has South Africa 🇿🇦 in her heart. I love her vibe 😌

  • @gideonmoseri4850
    @gideonmoseri4850 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Our useless government 🇿🇦 is the blame to all this nonsense no need to point fingers to other

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree there is someone or body of people who are benefiting from this. Those are the people we should looking at.

  • @akhisunjeya9935
    @akhisunjeya9935 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are clueless, stick to the US and Ghana.

    • @nzalitakesafrica
      @nzalitakesafrica  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will speak on my experiences. If this content isn't for you then you know what to do.