text: Thank you, sir. I hope this will go a long way to open the eyes of our beloved locals as to the need for tolerance. There is also need for more grassroots education of our fellow black South Africans that immigrants do not contest identity with them; they should just allow us the little breathing space afforded by the legal stay we have obtained. Reason is that this brash and unpleasant display of unfriendliness by the black locals towards immigrants at hospitals and some other government agencies is unfortunate. Imagine a hospital where they make you feel less human just because you are an immigrant even with ID? You are even scared to submit yourself to some nurses when you perceive their hostile attitude towards you just because you are an immigrant. They openly discriminate against you because you are one nonentity from God-knows-where and should not be treated with dignity. This is an experience one would think should never raise its ugly head in the new South Africa. Tragedy!