South Africa has been hit by an outbreak of attacks on migrants from other African countries as the nation prepared to host a meeting of political and business leaders from across the continent.
The violence that broke out in suburbs south of Johannesburg’s city center on Sunday and spread to the central business district on Monday saw the destruction of more than 50 shops and business premises mainly owned by Africans from countries in the rest of the continent such as Nigeria and Somalia. Cars and properties were torched and widespread looting took place.
The attacks come ahead of the beginning of the African edition of the World Economic Forum in Cape Town on Sept. 4 and before a state visit to South Africa by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, a country whose nationals have been affected, next month.
#SouthAfrica police seen shooting a Nigerian who was trying to video them.@olaniyanabbeye @NigeriaGov @honilatte#Xenophobia #XenophobicAttack #EnoughIsEnough #Xenophobic #SayNoToXenophobia #Nigeria https://t.co/LxLvWbuJMT
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) September 3, 2019
Can we just loot Shoprite already!
Just shoprite for a start!
These people deserve a message!#Xenophobia #SayNoToXenophobia #XenophobicAttack #Nigeria #SAShutdown #BBNaiija #EnoughIsEnough pic.twitter.com/vnBERXJCgN— ManLikeOye 🇳🇬🇬🇧 (@oyeoflagos) September 3, 2019
Since the Nigerian govt is yet to proffer solutions to #XenophobicAttack #Xenophobia, NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE FED UP AND ARE FIGHTING BACK SERIOUSLY! 🤯 #SAShutdown #MtnMustGo
PLEASE two wrongs dont make a right 😔
It will only get blooooody pic.twitter.com/XETEhk7JHy— POMW ENTERTAINMENT (@POMWENT) September 3, 2019
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