#SayNoToXenophobia

#SayNoToXenophobia

 The feelings of dislike foreigners in South Africa started in 2008 when some groups of South Africans attacked some foreigners and torched their properties.Since that time it had been reported many attacks to foreigners regardless whether they live in South Africa legally or illegally.Local and International organisations asked South African government to urgently intervene and stop those attacks to foreigners.

Another hashtag used to stop Xenophobia

The image of South Africa has internationally damaged.The South Africans suffered from economic issues because there were many activities which were not operating as usually and people especially foreigners were living in fear,there were no trust between South Africans and foreigners and there were also uncertainty from foreigners about their future in South Africa.

Some people got killed

After all those different events,with the intervention of government,Non-governmental organisations they came up with a productive hashtag known as #SayNoToXenophobia.These words “Say no to xenophobia” marked the beginning of new thoughts to many people.#SayNoToXenophobia helped to transmit the message about living in harmony and respecting everyone’s rights either a South African or a foreigner.#SayNoToXenophobia became a helpful trending words,they help people to realise that what bring people together should be more important than what separate them.We should live always in harmony instead of valuing what differ people like countries,sex,race etc.

They torched properties

Corporate Social media

In the corporate social media,the use of hashtags helps to spread a cause to many people and let them be aware to the cause because hashtags add more visibility to the cause and becomes a trending cause which play a role to achieve objectives of Public Relations Practitioner through the strategic us of Social media.

 

Advantages

We are all human beings

 There are many advantages of talking about #SayNoToXenophobia on social media.Social media is a source of two ways communication,it helps to engage with people from different corners and share the ideas in order to strengthen the corporate relationships among the Social media users.Talking about “Say no to xenophobia”helps people who were not in South Africa to get bit of knowledge on what were happening in South Africa during #Xenophobic attacks,helps to let people practice the human rights through their words and actions.Discussions about #SayNoToXenophobia on Social media helps people to know where it came from and will promote the harmony in our aily life.

 Disadvantages  

Once a Public Relations Practitioner ignore the strategic use of Social media or goes beyond his or her objectives,the discussions about #SayNoToXenophobia can be a disaster or source of conflicts.Xenophobia is a sensitive topic which requires a Public Relations Practitioner to be more careful on the conversation,this topic can cause the hatred between both sides,it can provoke the health problem like traumatism and it can destroy the reputation of a Public Relations Practitioner who brought it on Social media.

 Recommendation

-We should think twice before writing,acting or reacting anyhow in order to prevent misconduct or conflicts between human beings. 

-The role of a Public Relations Practitioner is to build relationship not to destroy it and establish a #PositiveImage not negative image,for those reasons,let's share our ideas at the interest of public.

We should live in harmony