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Racism conference opens

    JOHANNESBURG

    A four-day conference opened in South Africa on Wednesday to discuss racial abuse and discrimination. Speaking at the opening of the four-day event President Thabo Mbeki said that the racial divisions still ingrained in South Africa had to be tackled “lest they worsened social instability”.

    “The postponement of this discussion would sharply exacerbate the danger of the social instability implicit in the racial divisions that continue to characterise our society,” Mbeki said
    The conference will also address the increase in xenophobia as tensions between South Africans and immigrants from neighbouring countries grows, news reports said.

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