I am South African and I will say what most of my compatriots won’t say publicly. The frustration here is real. We have 33% unemployment. We have load shedding. We have a government that has failed us completely. When people are desperate they look for someone to blame and yes, foreign nationals become that target. Is it right? No. Is it understandable? Yes. But here is what nobody wants to say — the same politicians who incite xenophobia are the ones who have looted this country empty. They point at the Zimbabwean running a spaza shop so you don’t look at them running off with the pension fund. South Africans are not inherently hateful people. We are a desperate people being manipulated by criminals in suits. Gaddafi’s unity would not have fixed that. Bad leadership is the real disease here and it infects every country on this continent equally.