SHOTLIST 1. Wide exterior of Tshwane City Hall 2. South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving at ceremony 3. Cutaway of media 4. Various of victim's families in audience 5. Mid of stage with banner reading (English) "National Tribute in Remembrance of Victims of Attacks on Foreign Nationals and South Africans" 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thabo Mbeki, South African President "Have gathered here today with heads bowed with shame because it has seemed what happened in our country in May betrayed the dreams of many generations, including our own." 7. Close up of immigrant from Mozambique 8. Mid of two girls, victims of the May attacks 9. Wide of audience 10. Close up of a cross on a chain around someone's neck 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clement Sakala, Zimbabwean immigrant and victim of May xenophobia attacks "When this incident took place he should have been present and he should have given this type of morale, it's a bit too late now because at least people have suffered and things have been done. He should have been present during that time because at least it's taken him too long to react, he had some other business to attend to other than, these were pressing issues, people were dying and he never said anything he only, most probably wasn't even present in this country when these things were taking place." 12. Mid of Mbeki sitting in audience STORYLINE South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday that anti-immigrant attacks leaving 62 people dead must never be repeated. Mbeki spoke at a ceremony organised by his government in honour of the immigrants and South Africans caught up in the May violence. The attacks pitted the poorest of the poor against one another. South Africans in squatter camps and other impoverished areas accused those from neighbouring countries like crisis-hit Zimbabwe of taking scarce jobs and housing. When the crisis was at its worst, 20,000 people were in tent camps for the displaced; some 9,000 people are still living in the camps set up by the government. Thousands of others have returned to their homelands. Mbeki says South Africans have their heads "bowed in shame" and will work to ensure those who fled the violence can resume their lives in South Africa. "It seemed what happened in our country in May betrayed the dreams of many generations, including our own," said Mbeki. Political and religious figures joined Mbeki in asking forgiveness for the violence and preaching the importance of ensuring victims were able to resume their lives in South Africa. But their promises were seen as "too little, too late" by some. "When this incident took place he should have been present and he should have given this type of morale, it's a bit too late now because at least people have suffered," said Clement Sakala, a Zimbabwean immigrant who was attacked during the May xenophobia attacks. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/dd9e30cddfa28c3a16148ea32d67fef4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
