A VIEW OF THE WEEK: SA government ‘complicit’ in ‘xenophobia’? Nigerian officials must be hallucinating

“There are issues of complicity if state authorities are unable or unwilling to tackle these [murders and violence during anti-illegal immigration marches] challenges in a manner that offers some confidence in citizens and foreigners that they are, indeed, safe to remain in the country,” Nigerian foreign minister Sola Enikanolaiye said during a meeting between Nigerian and South African dignitaries this week.

The South African police have made over 900 arrests over unrest linked to anti-illegal immigrant marches that have led to the death of foreign nationals, Ramaphosa has addressed the nation on it, and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate is currently investigating the death of a Nigerian allegedly “tortured” by officers.

A conspiracy If the government was in on the act of getting rid of foreign nationals to open up opportunity for South Africans and keep the country safe, they are failing miserably.