DURING THE YEARS I LIVED THERE, THE PEOPLE OF ALEXANDRA IGNORED TRIBAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES. WE WERE NOT XHOSA, SOTHO, ZULU OR SHANGAN, WE WERE ALEXANDRA. WE WERE A PEOPLE AND WE IGNORED THE DIFFERENCES THAT THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO IMPOSE ON ANY FORCE. IT SADDENS ME AND MAKES ME ANGRY TO SEE THE HATRED OF STRANGERS GROW.