Frew, from Sandton, explained that as a growing artist and a South African, she wants to unite with others who desire to bring awareness of the greater damage the attacks have caused South Africa.
“This is not what I was raised for, it’s not what Nelson Mandela and many others before fought for, and it’s not what I believe the world should think South Africans to be, because we are not all like this,” she added.
“It is more than disheartening, it is heartbreaking.”
She said she believes the xenophobic attacks stem from past racism, discrimination, classism or the equality challenges people face all around the world.
“To be different is not a sin, nor should you be ashamed of it,” she said.
“It’s my country too and this is not patriotic South African behaviour. This is barbaric and unjust. I’d like to learn from our past mistakes and build forward to create a nation that our children can, too, grow up proud to be South Africans.”
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