Xenophobia, Tinubu and Ramaphosa, By Reuben Abati
In the midst of the brazen, extra-judicial killings of Nigerians in South Africa, along with other Africans, on the grounds that these are illegal immigrants, the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has now sent South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, and a team, as envoys to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
They were accused of contributing to unemployment in South Africa, placing pressure on public services, taking South African women, appearing generally more prosperous in another man’s country.
South Africa’s conduct is a direct violation of the Constitutive Principles of the African Union, a blemish on the values of Pan-Africanism, and such projects as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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