Xenophobic attacks cast dark cloud over SA at Brics
The rising tide of anti-foreign African sentiment in South Africa loomed large at the 18th Brics Summit in India that ended yesterday, with African journalists expressing deep disappointment over the xenophobic attacks in a country they admired as a bastion of human rights.
Paul said the attacks dented South Africa’s “powerful image across Africa” – a country associated with Nelson Mandela, the struggle against apartheid, Ubuntu and African liberation.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and leaders of three African countries affected by the anti-African protests attended the New Delhi summit: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ugandan Vice-President Jessica Alupo and Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
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