‘You want the trade, but not the people?’ – Dr Yamson tears into South Africa’s xenophobia

Ishmael Yamson The Board Chairman of MTN Ghana, Dr Ishmael Yamson, has condemned xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa, questioning how the country can pursue continental trade while violently rejecting the people who facilitate that trade.“Nkrumah built that whole area to bring freedom fighters to train in Ghana, people from Zimbabwe, from South Africa, from Uganda, from wherever.

So, we had to send people from here, Unilever Ghana, to go and help them in South Africa.