From selling mopani worms on the streets of Polokwane to working as a miner at Anglo-American Platinum mines, Zimbabwean-born Webster Hore now makes and sells hot-water urns on the streets of East London.
His 27-year-old brother Golden, his 29-year-old pregnant wife and their three-year-old son were caught up in the xenophobic violence in Durban.
“When I saw the violent attacks on the television, I went into a state of shock and I went down on my knees and started to pray for my brother, his family and the safety of everyone else.”
For days after the attacks began on the Easter weekend, Hore was unable to reach his brother on his cellphone.
Finally on Monday this week he was able to make contact and learnt that they had lost all their belongings when their house was ransacked.
By yesterday, Hore had made enough money to relocate his brother and family to East London – but he could not contact his brother.
“I will not stop praying for their safety and hopefully a generous person will keep them safe,” he said.
lTake your stand against xenophobia and join the Daily Dispatch, TruFM and Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre during an anti-xenophobia march at 1pm on April 28.
The march will start at the war memorial in Oxford Street opposite the East London museum.
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His 27-year-old brother Golden, his 29-year-old pregnant wife and their three-year-old son were caught up in the xenophobic violence in Durban.
“When I saw the violent attacks on the television, I went into a state of shock and I went down on my knees and started to pray for my brother, his family and the safety of everyone else.”
For days after the attacks began on the Easter weekend, Hore was unable to reach his brother on his cellphone.
Finally on Monday this week he was able to make contact and learnt that they had lost all their belongings when their house was ransacked.
By yesterday, Hore had made enough money to relocate his brother and family to East London – but he could not contact his brother.
“I will not stop praying for their safety and hopefully a generous person will keep them safe,” he said.
lTake your stand against xenophobia and join the Daily Dispatch, TruFM and Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre during an anti-xenophobia march at 1pm on April 28.
The march will start at the war memorial in Oxford Street opposite the East London museum.
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