GIWUSA accuses political parties of exploiting anti-migrant sentiment [SOUND]

# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has accused political parties of exploiting anti-migrant sentiment to divert public anger away from the country’s underlying economic and social problems. It says parties have embraced xenophobic rhetoric, competing to demonstrate hostility towards migrants instead of addressing the root causes of poverty, unemployment and social decay. GIWUSA leader Mametlwe Sebei says migrants cannot be used as scapegoats for problems rooted in the existing economic and political system: