President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has expressed pain at the attacks on some Nigerians and other foreigners in the country.
According to him, there can be no justification for violence.
Ramaphosa said anyone who had grievances ought to be able to follow due process to express it.
He said, “Our security forces are on high alert. Whilst in no way, can we take away the sense of deep loss and unbearable pain you experience, as a country we commit ourselves to continue to work tirelessly to building the kind of South Africa, where indeed women and children will be safe.”
He went on to say; “I condemn the violence that has been spreading around a number of our provinces in the strongest terms. I’m convening the ministers in the security cluster today to make sure that we keep a close eye on these acts of wanton violence and find ways of stopping them.
“The people of our country want to live in harmony; whatever concerns or grievances we may have, we need to handle them in a democratic way. There can be no justification for any South African to attack people from other countries.
“We express our deep pain, support, solidarity and love to the families, friends and loved ones of all those who have lost their lives in the last month (Uyinene Mrwetyana, Leighandre Jegels, Nolunde Vumsindo, Meghan Cremer, Jesse Hess to mention but a few).”
Videos reports show some Nigerians being attacked in South Africa in an incident that happened on Sunday.
While shops and other properties were not spared, some young Nigerians were seen being clobbered and set on fire.
This has generated widespread condemnation with many condemning South Africa, whom they see as repaying with brutality the support Nigeria offered her during the apartheidd regime.
