Tony Spike:

KZN is one of the most accommodating provinces in SA. I think Zulus are naturally receptive people. Gauteng (and perhaps Limpopo) are provincial hot spots in SA where foreigner hatred can be really spontaneous and deadly.

Tony Spike:

Let me share some of my personal experiences with Africans so far:

1. A Swazi lady once asked me why I was studied (and was studying) when all I needed to do as a Nigerian was to forge certificates and use it for employment. Well, She said Nigerians are expert at forging any documents and University degrees is no exception.

2. A Kenyan once saw me certifying my credentials (transcripts, degree certificate) and the next thing He said was, "Bro, are you sure that your degree certificate isn't forged?". He has been fed with many stories of the Nigerian stereotype. Funny enough, the two years we spent together changed his opinions about a lot of things about Nigerians.

3. A South African policeman once asked me if there were degrees in corruption in Nigeria.

4. A Chinese Professor we took an elevator together asked of my nationality. The moment I mentioned 'Nigeria', He immediately muttered inaudibly, "oh, that country is so corrupt"

There are so many examples I can give. Nigeria has an unpalatable and damaged global profile. Infact, the name Nigeria sends shivers down the spine of many internationals. This is not a joke, I have experienced it so many times and I'm sure many other Nigerians in diaspora will give a longer list longer than what I've experienced. The reason we have a forum like Nairaland is to discuss how we can redeem our image. I don't think this forum should be used to lamblast other African nationals. Let us sort out our own inbred issues before we start accusing other nationals of being lazy, hateful and bigoted. Thanks, y'all.

Eze Promoe:
I think if SA is that bad, you won't other nationals flooding there.

Cusubaba: That Swazi lady, a Kenyan and u are very stupid and primitive. They asked u all those useless questions because they saw u as an inferior person. Can Swazerland and Kenya produce people like Wole Soyinka, Chinue Achebe, Phillip Emegwali, Ngozi Okojo Iwela, Chimamanda Adichie, Aliku Dangote, etc. Mind u Chinese are the most corrupt people in the world, Kenya is the second corrupt country in Africa and Swaziland is a small primitive village in Southern Africa. Bleep u, Bleep Swazi lady, Bleep a Kenyan and Bleep a chinese.

Inik: The ghanaians trolls never fail to disappoint. Predictably they all came into this thread with their inferiority complex typing crap.

carr96:

exactly *sigh*

Tony Spike:

You've said it, bro. South Africa has over 250, 000 Nigerians residing (temporary and permanent)in her territory. That number is almost 25% of the population on the least populated state in Nigeria which is Bayelsa. That is a high figure by standard estimates...

I thought the population of Nigerians in SA had hit past 1 million like years back.

kraftykc: Ha. Why are Nigerians complaining about this treatment, omo whenever I experience any ill fate cos of my nationality I suck it up. We have the worse case of internet scam, drug peddling, human trafficking and corrution in African by my assessment. So when other people lump us together and condemn I just think 'I am suffering cos one Nigerian somewhere bleeped up'. SA is sad and pathetic with their xenophobia, but lets not act like we are not easy to hate.

Eze Promoe:
I thought the population of Nigerians in SA had hit past 1 million like years back.

Qelvin:
stop deceiving yourself kid...man up and admit you are not Nigerian,cause the venom in your heart even towards your fatherland is quite baffling...f.u.ck objectivity for a second and take a swipe off that sanctimonious bullsh.it..no matter how bad Nigeria is,or how bad you despise your country ?...at some point you will always stand up in defense of the country that gave you life and identity,especially when inconsequential idiots from other countries mistreat and disrespect your own people...common man is it that hard to stand up for your country so you feel cool seeing this slags come here and insult the pride of Nigeria? one nutter of a Ghanaian who had no business in this thread was even brazen enough to come into a thread that had absolutely nothing to do with Ghana,and started spewing hate...calling my people disgusting and hateful words like "criminals,animals,cannibals.." What the actual f.u.ck is that all about? and i am sure all that sounded "factual" to you yeah...? you are straight up one heck of a watered down negro with a confused sense of belonging...like real shyt,and i will spill it to your face on any given day...just for the records my Mum is Nigerian and my dad Ivorian,i have spent all my life growing up in Ivory Coast and France with no affinity or bond to Nigeria,but i will never let any SOB put down Nigeria just for the fun of it,you remind me so much of a typical Uncle Tom character,always ready to kiss the a.s.s of the White man just to cling to the threshold of servile stupidity, all in an effort to appear "cool and civilized" before the white race,meanwhile his black brothers are wilting under the cracking whips of the white masters,begging for a sense of belonging without getting any...good luck on your shyt.

all4naija: This is where you messed up! Nobody is supporting crimes or evils carried out by Nigerians. And, it is not the reason why innocent Nigerians must be attacked and abused like in this very case, where drug has to be planted in their home just to make sure they are punished for what they know nothing about. An open-minded South African lady is even against such barbaric act only for you to be supporting it with hates.

You are very sick and myopic, my friend. Go acquire some knowledge man.

Classical fan:

I just can't help but respond to this silly post, Bostwana has the highest living standard in Africa, if you knew anything about the country you'd wish you were born there.

otumfour:


In Ghana, unlike Nigeria...our government at least care and protect its citizens


From the NEW YORK TIMES
Chasing a Golden Dream, Chinese Miners Are on the Run in Ghana

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/world/africa/ghana-cracks-down-on-chinese-gold-miners.html?ref=world&_r=0



Now stfu wit ur poor Nigerian stanking arrz.....

AjanleKoko: Man .
Why bother nagging over these dumbass chump African citizens?

South Africa, a country where the black man looks out of place in his own land.
Ghana, small and paranoid chumps always running their mouth, but now can't say shyt back to the British who just slammed them with a 3k-pound bond, alongside Big Bad Naija

I even see some sillies from Kenya and Cameroun. Come on, man. CAMEROUN

otumfour:


.....Nigerians will say anything to make 'em feel good..... ....u wanna compare that ur epileptic thing to Ghana?......hahahahahaha go and sin no more


Nigeria! Where M̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ piss is even cleaner than the national tap water ....don't even get me started bytch

Tony Spike:

It is because of people like you I wrote my comments. May your blindness remain with you...

otumfour:


THE ONLY PROBLEM NIGERIA HAS IS THE NIGERIAN

Kingmojo:

That's where you got it wrong, Ghana is doing something about it, but as usual the giant of Africa is quiet, our journalist are pressuring he government to do something about it.

Cusubaba: It is also people like u with low IQ that will allow a fool from other countries to talk trash about ur country in ur face. Listen u slowpoke, a Ghana Member of Paliament Mr Eric Amoeteng was caught with drug in USA and his currently in USA prison serving 10 years jail terms because of drug trafficking. Does dat make all Ghanaians drug traffickers? In 2009 Kenya election, 500,000 people died in kenya because of tribal violence. Does that make all Kenyans violence people? South africa president Jocob Zuma raped a Hiv teenager. Does dat make all South africans rapist? Chinese are now killing Ghanaians in Ghana and stealing Ghana gold. Does dat make all Chinese killers and Thieves. Pls use ur sense for once and know that there are good and bad people in every country.

Kingmojo: Most Nigerian I have met in life are nice, hard working and smart and I can call lots of them friends but the bad one takes the cake. Were people talking sh!g about Nigeria in the 70s and 80s, the answer is no because at that time Nigeria was not known for all these attributes. The question is what changed?

EmperorOlu: A lot of ignorance on this thread.While the actions of the police officers are illegal,there is no smoke without fire.This girl tweeting said they found drugs in the guy's house,how does she know the drugs were planted by the cops? If they were present when the cops were searching the house ,when and how did they plant the drugs without the Nigerian seeing them? Was Nigerian and the girls sleeping while standing?

Every time they find drugs in a Nigerian's house ,the Nigerian will start crying that the drugs were planted.Bullsh!ts! That well known drug dealer who was deported from Kenya also claimed that the drugs found in his house was planted? I am not saying the SA cops are not capable of doing this,they are capable of even doing worse.That being said there are Nigerians that the SA police can set up and there are Nigerians the SA police can not set up.If you live in a "drug dealing" neighborhood chances are that you will be subject to this treatment.If however you have decent job or business and you reside in a decent middle class neighborhood you will never have to encounter the SA police.

I have lived in South Africa for over a decade and here is one thing i can tell all of of you who know nothing about South Africa.

If you keep decent company and don't engage in crime ,cops will never visit you.

I have been living in SA for over 12 years and not once have i been harassed by police or locked up because my hands are clean and i do not make friend with criminals.

95% of the Nigerian i have seen being arrested are guilty of one crime or the other.I always shake my head in pity when i see ignoramuses here dissing SA and it's people.Yes South Africans are xenophobic ,i won't deny that but the fact is if you are crime free ,you will enjoy SA and stay out of trouble.

Many of my Nigerian friends have never had any trouble with SA police because they follow the rules of the country.When the police stops my car ,i speak to them politely, show them my papers and they allow me to move on.If you are rude to the police,act like you are nervous or start acting like you are too big to be questioned ,you will get in to trouble.I can not tell you how many times i have seen our Nigerian brother arguing and even physically struggling with SA police here.

Let us stop being sentimental and tell ourselves the truth.I remember an incipient which occurred two years ago.I was in a Nigerian restaurant and the police raided the place and found drugs under the kitchen cabinet.It later turned out that the the Nigerian girl who owned the restaurant was stashing her boyfriend's drug in her kitchen for safe keeping.I was there and i saw that the drugs were NOT planted by the police.Our own too much! Come to South Africa and see with your own eyes how our brothers and sisters are disgracing our country especially those of Igbo extraction,you will weep for Nigeria when you see how they commit crimes with reckless abandon in SA.

Nigerians are not the only foreign nationals in other parts of Africa,how come we are the only ones always getting in to trouble? There are Ghanaian too in SA and Kenya but you never hear of them being maltreated because they do not not misbehave like our Nigerian brothers.

AjanleKoko: Man .
Why bother nagging over these dumbass chump African citizens?

South Africa, a country where the black man looks out of place in his own land.
Ghana, small and paranoid chumps always running their mouth, but now can't say shyt back to the British who just slammed them with a 3k-pound bond, alongside Big Bad Naija

I even see some sillies from Kenya and Cameroun. Come on, man. CAMEROUN

all4naija: Answer your question by yourself. You have seen the barbaric behavior of these South African policemen in action. They are so primitive you wonder if they are human beings with brain. One of them who said to have HIV threatened to r-a-p-e the girl with the other prostitutes they have in jail. What do you have to say about such a behavior in a policeman? That should be your homework.

EmperorOlu:

Yes the behavior of the police men is very bad but why is the Nigerian guy dealing in drugs? Is he not runing people lives by selling drugs.Do you really believe they planted the drug in his house? I know how our brothers like to lie when they are caught,there is no smoke without fire.Nigerians in South Africa should stop committing crimes and they will never get into trouble.I have been in South Africa for 12 years plus ,how come i have never been arrested before or beaten up by police?

I also know many hard working Nigerians here who have never encountered harsh treatment from police.The South African police may be xenophobic but they always target Nigerians who are shady in nature and who live in drug dealing neighborhood.What is a decent Nigerian doing living in Hillbrow a well known Nigerian drug dealing zone?.If you saty away from crime no policeman can harass you.You people should ask this girl who tweeted this message why the Nigerian guy is not reporting the policemen to the authorities? Why is it the girls who are reporting the cops but the Nigerian is quiet.If his hands are clean why is he scared? SA is not like Nigeria ,if a policeman attack you without any just cause ,you can get him fired.This girl must not come here and tell us stories.We are on the ground and we see what is happening.How come other nationalities in Sa do not get this treatment? That is the million dollar question you should be asking.Our own too much abeg! The honest Nigerians in SA are tired of these criminals because they give us a bad image everywhere we go.

all4naija: Where is it stated it happens in Hillbrow? The likes of you are the ones making others to maltreat Nigerians abroad without looking back. It is clear you fail to defend the rights of Nigerians and thereby not defending yours. Please, your argument is very unreasonable. I can never support evil. South African policemen are evil.