South African protesters in the Johannesburg township of Soweto on Thursday briefly barricaded the popular tourist street where Nelson Mandela once lived, police said, during angry demonstrations over electricity bills. Tourist buses were diverted away from Vilakazi Street, which was
Emirates, a global connector of people and places, and South African Tourism, the marketing agency for South Africa, today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that will open the way for the development of joint marketing initiatives aimed at growing the number of visitors from the Middle East to South Africa. The MoA was signed […]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has reportedly said that only white people are “living better lives” in South Africa while black Africans are “still very low”. According to The Herald, Mugabe, 91, said this during a media briefing at the end of a one day extraordinary Southern African Development Committee (SADC) summit in Harare on Wednesday. […]
For some years, it has been a macabre indulgence of South African poor blacks to visit their anger and frustration on the so-called ‘strangers’ in there midst. The latest rounds of attacks were ostensibly instigated by the misspoken words of a local potentate who unfortunately have become a common rallying point of pointless anachronism and […]
The decision by the Nigerian government to recall its ambassadors in South Africa over the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country appears to have touched the raw nerves of Pretoria. The South African government cast aside diplomatic language and called for a street fight with Nigeria. It taunted the Goodluck Jonathan government over […]
The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) has condemned the recent series of xenophobic attacks of South Africans on foreign nationals living and working in South Africa. A statement signed by the Society’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Olumide Dada, read in part, “We are particularly worried about the possibility of a wider spread of this unreasonable […]
South Africa on Wednesday announced the closure of its consulate in Lagos. This is sequel to the protests by Nigerians against attacks on foreigners in South Africa. In a statement to the South African Business Forum by the country’s Consul-General in Nigeria, Sam Monaisa, said the consulate would remain shut until Thursday. Monaisa accused Nigerians […]
Following protests by Nigerians against attacks on foreigners in South Africa, the country on Wednesday announced the closure of its consulate in Lagos. The country’s Consul-General in Nigeria, Sam Monaisa, said this in a statement to the South African Business Forum. According to him, the closure would remain in force until Thursday. Although the situation […]
Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, said on Wednesday that eight Nigerians have so far indicated interest to return home due to xenophobic attacks. Okeke on phone from Johannesburg, South Africa, said that the Nigerian mission was already working with them to facilitate their journey back home. ‘’ I am working with […]
National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has warned South Africa against further xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Nigerians, in their country. The traders said they had information on further attacks to target designated markets in Johannesburg, Durban and other cities in South Africa, where Nigerian traders were predominantly located and doing
As the economic interface between the Nigerian Government and their South African counterparts in boosting bilateral trade remain on course, the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce (NSACC) has bemoaned the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreigners and their businesses in South Africa, saying that the attacks might affect bilateral trade on the continent. The President
South Africa deployed the army on Tuesday in “volatile areas” to curb a wave of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least seven people this month, the defense minister said. The latest wave of anti-immigrant attacks began almost three weeks ago in parts of the coastal city of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal and quickly spread […]
Until 1994, for over a century South Africa was locked against the rest of Africa and indeed the country and her people were not easily accessible to the rest of the world as the white minority used their might to impose racial segregation, which denied the majority black of everything, including quality life and the […]
The Economic Community of West African States has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of the xenophobic attacks on fellow Africans by South Africans. It also demanded for action on the part of the South African government to halt the attacks. The regional economic block equally offered to work with the government of […]
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has appealed for calm after recent violence against migrants in South Africa. He has been accused of fuelling the attacks, which have killed at least seven people, after saying foreigners should “go back to their countries”. More than 300 people have been arrested in the unrest. Thousands packed into a stadium […]
– NANS issues 72 hour ultimatum to Zuma govt In apparent show of contrition, the government and people of South Africa have begun placating their traumatized African guests, the Daily Times has learnt. However, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the South African government a 72-hour ultimatum to end the carnage […]
The Nigerian Acting High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr Martin Cobham, has ruled out the immediate evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa over xenophobic attacks. According to him, it was a bit too early to consider the option of evacuation of Nigerians. However, Cobham said there was the need for calm. “I will not […]
The leadership of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals has shown that South Africans are not appreciative of the roles played by Nigeria and other African countries in liberating their nation from the clutches of the obnoxious apartheid system. The PDP further […]
President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, said on Friday that xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals were on the increase. Speking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, Anyene said the mechanic workshop of a Nigerian was completely destroyed early on Friday in Johannesburg. ‘’In the […]
The member representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Abike Dabiri has reiterated the need for the federal government to take an immediate decision about the recall of the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa with the aim to hold discussions and take an action that will save Nigerians from ongoing […]
