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Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 12:51pm On Apr 06
TonyBankz:
The South Africans and the South Africa authorities and administration itself , I believe are now over doing them selves.
This is what I call pure hate from south Africans unto Nigerians.

But let them be rest assured..their days are numbered and will receive the holy hands of justice very soon.
#blackhand
LMAO. Now our government and citizens are being threatened for enforcing our sovereign laws? grin. Joker.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by LtChisom: 12:53pm On Apr 06
IronGalaxy:
grin ..you lots are funny hey.. the self aggrandizing and delusions never end
Who wrote e pages and owns the site?
Tell me why it should be trusted with such information?
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 12:54pm On Apr 06
Okhuadams:
A very wicked country, if not the whites that are there i wonder how they the stupid blacks will be
grin grin grin

Your grandson will be saying this exact line to my grandson in decades to come and by that time you won't even be competing with Somalia at the bottom of the list of positive indices in Africa, they would be enforcing very strict immigration laws against your grandkids grin grin grin

Countries that spend more time arguing about others than fixing themselves usually discover this too late.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by IronGalaxy: 12:57pm On Apr 06
LtChisom:
Who wrote e pages and owns the site?
Tell me why it should be trusted with such information?
Lol. You guys kill me ngl
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Dancebreaker: 12:58pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
So you’re old enough to remember donating lunch money during apartheid, but still online in 2026 sounding like an angry teenager blaming another country for everything.

If South Africa is that terrible, why not focus that same energy on building Nigeria into a place Nigerians don’t feel the need to leave in large numbers?

At some point Nigerians must start loving Nigeria more than they obsess over South Africa.

Complaining about another country for decades is not strategy. It’s avoidance.
Show all this love you claim to have over them to yourselves first. Your own country is bleeding week after week in extreme hate and violence but that one no concern and old hypocrite like yourself ,na South African matter they enter your heart shap shap grin grin grin
Well, you feel older folks should not be current. Very weird and biased. Or tolerate xenophia. Lol.

Focus on the matter at hand.

I have no feelings towards SA whatsoever. The same I have none towards Iran, Papua New Guinea or Afghanistan. But open hatred towards other Africans is condemnable.

My link with SA died with a great South African who died a few years back. He openly admitted in a private discussion his disappointment with South African's feeling towards other Africans. Yes, he expressed his disappointment with Nigeria too, considering how Nigeria inspired him back in 1960s each time he was in Nigeria, as Mandela was facing treason charges in SA. For confidentiality sake, I won't mention his name.

He was a thoroughly decent man and merited all the global awards he got. Nothing like the uncouth dudula goons or whatever they call them. No doubt, he would be turning in his grave. Pity that each country always has riff-raffs,
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Ten06(m): 1:00pm On Apr 06
Lionessza6:
Classic social-media headline outrage again.....targeted to a well known emotional populace

The headline says “South Africa refused entry to Nigerians” like it’s some diplomatic scandal. But the body of the story itself admits immigration flagged inconsistencies in their travel details, problems linked to how their applications were handled by agents, and even a watchlist issue related to prior online conduct. You insulted the government of the country online and you think the same government will grant you access to their country.....💁‍♀️🙆‍♀️🤔 mental illness ? Who thinks like this if not the most entitled people in Africa?

That’s not discrimination. That’s standard border control procedure anywhere in the world.

Even your own government didn’t accuse South Africa of wrongdoing. Instead, they advised their citizens to make sure their applications are correct and to comply with entry requirements before travelling.

South Africa is run by institutions, laws and immigration regulations......not emotion, pressure campaigns or propaganda headlines.

Follow the rules and enjoy the country. Try shortcuts, inconsistencies or social-media drama at a port of entry and the system will stop you. Simple as that. Perpetual victims. 🗑
This is a warning to those insulting Donald Trump and the US online. I hope you won’t need to travel to America?
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:03pm On Apr 06
Dancebreaker:
Well, you feel older folks should not be current. Very weird and biased.
I have no feelings towards SA whatsoever. The same I have none towards Iran, Papua New Guinea or Afghanistan. But open hatred towards other Africans is condemnable.

My link with SA died with a great South African who died a few years back. He openly admitted in a private discussion his disappointment with South African's feeling towards other Africans. Yes, he expressed his disappointment with Nigeria too, considering how Nigeria inspired him back in 1960s each time he was in Nigeria, as Mandela was facing treason charges in SA. For confidentiality sake, I won't mention his name. He was a thoroughly decent man and merited all the global awards he got. Nothing like the uncouth dudula or whatever they call them. No doubt, he would be turning in his grave.
You say you have “no feelings toward South Africa whatsoever,” yet you keep writing essays about South Africa in every comment.

Then you introduce a “great South African” who supposedly agreed with you .... but can’t be named. That’s not evidence, that’s storytelling.

Respectfully, apartheid-era memories and private conversations from the 1960s don’t decide immigration policy in 2026. Countries today run on institutions and law, not nostalgia.

And if your connection with South Africa “died years ago,” it’s strange that South Africa is still the country you’re most invested in discussing.

That contradiction says more than the speech.
Papa, South Africa isn't the problem the failure of your generation to get things in order for your shortcut -loving and uncultured kids and grandkids is why you're wailing today. Do better in fixing that and we will do our best to fix our own side ....deal ?
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:05pm On Apr 06
Ten06:
This is a warning to those insulting Donald Trump and the US online. I hope you won’t need to travel to America?
To do what in USA? grin. No ,thanks . I have no interest in USA or any other country for that matter .
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:15pm On Apr 06
Nnamdipapa:
I de.spise South Africa as a nation and will never be caught dead in that country. Even if you pay me 1million Rands, I will never visit.

I also have thecsame feelings for the people over there and rezlly wonder what Nigerians are doing there. My honest opinion.
And we respect your opinion and by the way ,the feeling is mutual. We also wonder why your people just can't fckn leave us alone . It's one of the strangest things ever.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Dancebreaker: 1:17pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
You say you have “no feelings toward South Africa whatsoever,” yet you keep writing essays about South Africa in every comment.

Then you introduce a “great South African” who supposedly agreed with you .... but can’t be named. That’s not evidence, that’s storytelling.

Respectfully, apartheid-era memories and private conversations from the 1960s don’t decide immigration policy in 2026. Countries today run on institutions and law, not nostalgia.

And if your connection with South Africa “died years ago,” it’s strange that South Africa is still the country you’re most invested in discussing.

That contradiction says more than the speech.
Papa, South Africa isn't the problem the failure of your generation to get things in order for your shortcut -loving and uncultured kids and grandkids is why you're wailing today. Do better in fixing that and we will do our best to fix our own side ....deal ?
Lol. No contradiction whatsoever. All I see in your write-up is a person piggy-backing on Boer development and using it to taunt other Africans. I remember what some Boers I worked with in diaspora about 20 years ago said. They said they left SA as the country was going to the dogs due to affirmative action. That SA will become just another corrupt African country under black rule. Back then, I used to argue with them that their Apartheid policies denied blacks the opportunity to be educated and gain competencies. That it was Boers' fault.

You should know that many Nigerians out there are far better exposed and have mingled with all sorts of people than your lots and dudula goons. If the matter does not involve maltreatment of other Africans, I am not interested.
I know stories have no meaning to those who have no meaningful stories of their own to tell.

My lack of interest does not mean I should look away when SA people indulge in xenophobia.

Your "whataboutism" won't cut it. Lobby SA government to block other Africans from coming to SA. Not to say SA is open for business, and then expose them to xenphobia.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:18pm On Apr 06
fyneboi79:
Thunder fire south Africa!! Useless country. make una put me on watch list...I will never visit South Africa!!
I'd think thunder is firing Nigeria for now by the looks of things grin grin.

And South Africans support your declaration 🙏. Spread the word.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Pinklada: 1:18pm On Apr 06
OP
chopnaira:
NIDCOM gives reason for deportation

NIDCOM Official Statement




Source
They thought SA is Nigeria that they abuse right
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by donleo92(m): 1:29pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
I hear dem say Morocco no dey like hardwork too. Try Somalia grin grin
No oooh, I prefer Burundi grin
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:31pm On Apr 06
Dancebreaker:
Lol. No contradiction whatsoever. All I see in your write-up is a person piggy-backing on Boer development and using it to taunt other Africans. I remember what some Boers I worked with in diaspora about 20 years ago said. They said they left SA as the country was going to the dogs due to affirmative action. That SA will become just another corrupt African country under black rule. Back then, I used to argue with them that their Apartheid policies denied blacks the opportunity to be educated and gain competencies. That it was Boers' fault.

You should know that many Nigerians out there are far better exposed and have mingled with all sorts of people than your lots and dudula goons. If the matter does not involve maltreatment of other Africans, I am not interested.
I know stories have no meaning to those who have no meaningful stories of their own to tell.

My lack of interest does not mean I should look away when SA people indulge in xenophobia.

Your "whataboutism" won't cut it. Lobby SA government to block other Africans from coming to SA. Not to say SA is open for business, and then expose them to xenphobia.
Saying South Africans are “piggy-backing on Boer development” ignores the reality that most of South Africa’s modern institutional growth, infrastructure expansion, housing delivery, financial depth and continental economic leadership strengthened after 1994 under black South African leadership.....
not Boers.

What makes this argument even stranger is coming from someone claiming Nigerians are “more exposed,” yet Nigeria ....with far more oil wealth and population ....still trails many African countries on infrastructure, governance stability and human-development indicators. What's your excuse for always flirting with the bottom of every list of positive indices in Africa among the likes of Somalia in 2026? "Too much exposure and travelling "I guess grin grin grin

Exposure that produces lectures but not results at home is not an advantage.

It’s just travel stories.
Old man,your grand grandkids will be singing this song if you don't fix your ways as a country . Somalia will soon chase you out of their country grin

The same Boeres who are returning in back in their numbers ,pledging allegiance to the same South Africa? grin grin. Is the government white these days ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1MejXPb30?si=KsVnthyP2zb5SwoC



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXKZtHpMY8?si=JSe56veQRHYZP9kL


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P29_CZ_TuDE?si=JHpyW2xmHlEQs_pz


LMAO. "Returning to a country that went to the dogs because of blacks" ? grin grin grin
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Nnamdipapa(m): 1:32pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
And we respect your opinion and by the way ,the feeling is mutual. We also wonder why your people just can't fckn leave us alone . It's one of the strangest things ever.
Let your government deport all of them for all I care. I don't know those people and hold no forth for them. I cannot even bring myself to visit a site majorly patronized by ZAfricans.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:32pm On Apr 06
donleo92:
No oooh, I prefer Burundi grin
Nice choice.👍
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by nobaga: 1:40pm On Apr 06
As a Nigerian, I am ashamed that a fellow African whose parents and grandparents fought and died for their country is here to tell Nigerians the truth.

Whatever some South African told you had been said by Mandela and many times by their present radical leader. Nkrumah, Zik and Awolowo did not fight for South Africa so that Nigerians, Ghanaians or even Zimbabwens can go there and reap rewards while looting their own country blind or resting on the laurel of their Independence Activists. Then worship conspicuous money spenders aggrandizing themselves until the laurels of past Activists ran dry.

Instead of you guys to stay in your community and make it livable, you call it a Zoo and run out to other parts of the same country or outside looking for greener pastures.

Stay home.

I congratulate my South African sista for setting your brains right.

Dancebreaker:
I wonder o. I travel to places like North Africa, various parts of Europe and beyond. In my school days, while donating lunch money to ANC and seeing South African students on Nigerian scholarship at our local University, I yearned to visit SA one day when they become free of Apartheid. Now, I won't go if given a private jet. I wish them good luck.

Nigeria should issue regular travel warnings on South Africa. If it's not burning down shops of other Africans, killing Lucky Dube believing he was Nigerian, stopping people from accessing hospitals and vital services, wanton killings, it's scapegoating other Africans.

They learned hate, Apartheid tactics and xenophobia from their Boer masters very well.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:40pm On Apr 06
Nnamdipapa:
Let your government deport all of them for all I care. I don't know those people and hold no forth for them. I cannot even bring myself to visit a site majorly patronized by ZAfricans.
LMAO grin grin grin
The real question is: why don't they run away from South Africa the same way they ran away from Nigeria if South Africa is horrible to them ?

Poor thing, you must be burning inside seeing us here grin grin.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 1:52pm On Apr 06
Newgiven:
Travel advisory! As a Nigerian please avoid traveling to south Africa.
This must be broadcasted on your national media 24/7
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Nnamdipapa(m): 2:00pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
LMAO grin grin grin
The real question is: why don't they run away from South Africa the same way they ran away from Nigeria if South Africa is horrible to them ?

Poor thing, you must be burning inside seeing us here grin grin.
You'll have to ask them whenever you can find them. I live in Nigeria and have zero intentions to see South Africa or it's people in my lifetime.

This is just a personal opinion based off of the hatred ZAfricans have for Nigerians. Please, deport all those Nigerians in South Africa and I wouldn't give a care in the world. I suggest your government to stop issuing visas to Nigerians too.

I took the time to explain to my kids that ZAfricans hate them so they know where to avoid in the future.

Remember, it is the duty of your government to conduct adequate due diligence before accepting anyone into your country and from personal experience, it is the lower dregs of the Nigerian society that relocate to South Africa.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 2:01pm On Apr 06
JuanDeDios:
Yeah. Yeah. I'd've given the same advice too. My people have a proverb that a man who is going to be eaten won't rob oil on himself and go sit near the fire. If you're in the crosshairs and minor discrepancies that would normally be waved can get you into trouble, you make darn well sure that your papers are spotless.

The one I'm concerned about and hope to find more information on is the issue of badmouthing the SA government.
True.
@ the bolded. That's definitely the part I thought your citizens would demand clarity or transparency on from your side of the government: What were the posts that they also deemed inflammatory against the government of South Africa.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by fyneboi79(m): 2:02pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
I'd think thunder is firing Nigeria for now by the looks of things grin grin.

And South Africans support your declaration 🙏. Spread the word.
i guess you are from that useless country?
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by fyneboi79(m): 2:03pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
I'd think thunder is firing Nigeria for now by the looks of things grin grin.

And South Africans support your declaration 🙏. Spread the word.
i guess you are from that useless country of black layabouts still ruled and economically dominated by white invaders? Shame!
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 2:11pm On Apr 06
fyneboi79:
i guess you are from that useless country of black layabouts still ruled and economically dominated by white invaders? Shame!
LMAO. And I'm guessing you're from that country that remained useless under white and black rule where it's people continue to drown in mass extreme poverty, undervelopment and their only hope is to escape to any country including Pakistan ? grin. That's even a bigger shame. Oil rich with a huge population and still competing with Somalia and them in terms of anything positive grin grin
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Kingbuhari(m): 2:15pm On Apr 06
Let say nah ibo do this now.. the whole internet space will be full of hate comments
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 2:21pm On Apr 06
Nnamdipapa:
You'll have to ask them whenever you can find them. I live in Nigeria and have zero intentions to see South Africa or it's people in my lifetime.

This is just a personal opinion based off of the hatred ZAfricans have for Nigerians. Please, deport all those Nigerians in South Africa and I wouldn't give a care in the world. I suggest your government to stop issuing visas to Nigerians too.

I took the time to explain to my kids that ZAfricans hate them so they know where to avoid in the future.

Remember, it is the duty of your government to conduct adequate due diligence before accepting anyone into your country and from personal experience, it is the lower dregs of the Nigerian society that relocate to South Africa.
LMAO ....you keep repeating “hate this, hate that” as if anyone here is trying to change your mind.

No one is asking you to like South Africa.

If you’ve already taught your children to avoid South Africa, that settles the issue. South Africans also teach their children to be cautious about people who openly say they despise the country and it's people and those who leave their homelands to cause trouble here.

So yes .... they should follow your example and stay away, and everyone remains comfortable.

That sounds like a fair arrangement.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Dancebreaker: 2:23pm On Apr 06
nobaga:
As a Nigerian, I am ashamed that a fellow African whose parents and grandparents fought and died for their country is here to tell Nigerians the truth.

Whatever some South African told you had been said by Mandela and many times by their present radical leader. Nkrumah, Zik and Awolowo did not fight for South Africa so that Nigerians, Ghanaians or even Zimbabwens can go there and reap rewards while looting their own country blind or resting on the laurel of their Independence Activists. Then worship conspicuous money spenders aggrandizing themselves until the laurels of past Activists ran dry.

Instead of you guys to stay in your community and make it livable, you call it a Zoo and run out to other parts of the same country or outside looking for greener pastures.

Stay home.

I congratulate my South African sista for setting your brains right.
Rubbish. Even the Boers who claim SA today left the Netherlands and with other Europeans annexed SA land. Europeans did same in the Americas. People have always moved and will always do.

The same SA has Nigerian scholars and professionals paying taxes. My course mates in Europe were Asians, Americans and from all the continents. By nature of the course, all stayed for at least a few years for post-grad professional training. Majority still work here today.
Many of them came from elite families in USA, Asia and elsewhere and were able to easily pay for the most expensive course. Others were on National Govt scholarships, especially the Asians.

Going abroad is not all about poverty or seeking greener Pasteur. When Columbus left Europe to "discover" America, Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Lisbon, Madrid and others were thriving. He could have lived in any of them comfortably.

If Nigeria were like Singapore today, Nigerians would still travel.

Do not let self-loathing drive you to support someone who promotes xenophobia against other Africans. It's a very poor form of wokism.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Nnamdipapa(m): 2:31pm On Apr 06
Lioness5280:
LMAO ....you keep repeating “hate this, hate that” as if anyone here is trying to change your mind.

No one is asking you to like South Africa.

If you’ve already taught your children to avoid South Africa, that settles the issue. South Africans also teach their children to be cautious about people who openly say they despise the country and it's people and those who leave their homelands to cause trouble here.

So yes .... they should follow your example and stay away, and everyone remains comfortable.

That sounds like a fair arrangement.
I don't know what you are talking about. I know no one who already is or is planning to go to South Africa so, nothing for me to tell anyone. I am also presenting enjoying Nigeria and looking for ways to make improvements and contribute to my country.

It is the duty of your government to deport any undesirables in your country instead all the noise you guys make online. As a matter of fact, clamour for your government to expel the Nigerian embassy in South Africa to be expelled and I would not gaf.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by akigbemaru: 2:38pm On Apr 06
Lionessza6:
No country on earth allows people into its borders because they are “begging to be let in.”

South African border officials don’t answer to historical claims, emotional appeals or apartheid-era speeches. They answer to sovereignty and immigration law.

Airports run on regulations, not sympathy.

Even the Nigerian government did not accuse South Africa of discrimination . They advised their own citizens to make sure their applications are correct and to comply with entry requirements before travelling. That alone should tell you what really happened here.

Saying “South Africans don’t want Nigerians” doesn’t change the facts about this particular story. Immigration officers flagged inconsistencies in their travel details and there was even a watchlist issue mentioned in the report itself.

And the comparison with “white South Africans” makes no sense. Citizens do not need to explain why they are re-entering their own country. Foreign nationals do. That’s how borders work everywhere in the world.

You’re turning a routine immigration decision into an emotional story about apartheid and continental loyalty. That’s not how border control works. Stop posting emotionally and look at the facts.
Very correct statement as Nigerians act like saint just to creep in and switched to devil advocates when they settled.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Lioness5280(f): 2:54pm On Apr 06
Dancebreaker:
Rubbish. Even the Boers who claim SA today left the Netherlands and with other Europeans annexed SA land. Europeans did same in the Americas. People have always moved and will always do.

The same SA has Nigerian scholars and professionals paying taxes. My course mates in Europe were Asians, Americans and from all the continents. By nature of the course, all stayed for at least a few years for post-grad professional training. Majority still work here today.
Many of them came from elite families in USA, Asia and elsewhere and were able to easily pay for the most expensive course. Others were on National Govt scholarships, especially the Asians.

Going abroad is not all about poverty or seeking greener Pasteur. When Columbus left Europe to "discover" America, Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Lisbon, Madrid and others were thriving. He could have lived in any of them comfortably.

If Nigeria were like Singapore today, Nigerians would still travel.

Do not let self-loathing drive you to support someone who promotes xenophobia against other Africans. It's a very poor form of wokism.
Mr champion of African humanity ( as long as it's away from home) grin:

Comparing Nigerians leaving a country that still needs doctors, engineers and professionals to Columbus sailing around in the 1400s or to Europeans and Asians studying abroad today is not the same thing at all.

Columbus lived in a world without modern borders, immigration systems or national development strategies. Today countries train people expecting those skills to strengthen their own societies.

Many of the countries you mentioned export surplus talent. Nigeria is still trying to keep the professionals it already has.

When skilled people leave permanently from a country that still needs them, that is not exposure. That is capacity loss.

And the taxes those professionals pay abroad matter far less to countries like South Africa than they would matter back home where those same skills are urgently needed.

Scholarship mobility builds countries. Brain drain weakens them.

Treating both things as the same is the mistake.

Columbus didn’t go through immigration systems; modern professionals do ....and those systems exist because countries protect their own development capacity.

Exposure that builds other countries while your own keeps losing capacity is not sophistication. It’s brain drain. That's why you have many representatives in many industries abroad but your own can barely outcompete the poorest countries in African in terms of development, healthcare, educational facilities, roads etc.
Re: South Africa Detains, Deports Three Nigerians by Okwutemaven: 2:55pm On Apr 06
Where is this useless biased woman called

"Abike dabiri" ☹️ sad

You will never see her reaction on this trend

Tribal bigots parading her self as a minister.. SMH
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