JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Comedian Chris Rock said Monday he does not consider a wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa as black-on-black violence but a problem of poverty.
"It's broke on broke violence. It's broke people robbing each other," Rock, who opens his "No Apologies" tour in the country this week, said at a news conference. "That's the sad thing."
More than 60 people have been killed and nearly 100,000 foreigners forced from their homes in a wave of attacks by South Africans who accuse them of taking jobs and blame them for crime.
Rock, who has visited South Africa before, said he would pay a courtesy call to former president Nelson Mandela who turns 90 in July.
"I wish him another 90 years," he said. "There is a lot of work to be done still."
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