JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Comedian Chris Rock says he doesn't consider a wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa as black-on-black violence but a problem of poverty.
More than 60 people have been killed and nearly 100 thousand 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 told a Johannesburg news conference today that the attacks were "broke on broke violence.''
He said it's poor people robbing each other.
Rock opens his "No Apologies'' tour in South Africa this week.
The comedian says he plans to pay a courtesy call to former president Nelson Mandela who turns 90 in July.
Rock says he wishes Mandela another 90 years, saying there's a lot of work to still be done.
