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Xenophobic Attacks Force Zuma To Cancel Planned Indonesia Visit

South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, on Saturday cancelled a planned state visit to Indonesia in order to attend to the lingering issues of xenophobic attacks … Continue reading Xenophobic Attacks Force Zuma To Cancel Planned Indonesia Visit


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xenophobic Attacks in South AfricaSouth Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, on Saturday cancelled a planned state visit to Indonesia in order to attend to the lingering issues of xenophobic attacks in some provinces.

He was also expected to attend the Africa -Asia summit in that country but will now be represented by his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The President visited some of the camps for displaced victims in KwaZulu-Natal province on Saturday afternoon, where he commiserated with them.

There is expected to be a big town hall meeting on Monday in the province, where the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, will host other traditional rulers and government officials to discuss the situation.

Channels Television’s correspondent, Betty Dibiah, reports that several areas in Johannesburg have recorded some violence. On Friday, a Nigerian’s mechanic workshop was attacked among other foreign owned businesses, some of them torched.

Nigerian mission officials have been going round the affected areas to get on-the-spot assessment of the situation.

On Thursday, Nigerian lawmakers advised the presidency to recall the High Commissioner to South Africa to discuss the situation in South Africa and take swift action to save Nigerians in the KwaZulu-Natal Province that has seen days of protest against foreigners and xenophobic attacks.

On Friday, South Africa’s High Commissioner in Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, told Channels Television that the South African government was having talks with traditional, religious and community leaders to see how they could address the issues from the root.

He said that the government was doing its best to guard against chances of strained relations with countries whose nationals must have been killed by angry locals.