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Emeskhalifa:All South Africans are on the same page - black, white, ANC or DA, educated or uneducated. SA is known globally for high crime and unemployment rates - something has to change. The country needs serious change, we don't care what you say. |
Major7:That's great news - we need people who can think, clearly you don't fit into that category. A person is set on fire and no serious outlet is reporting it, but you can't do the maths that it's fake news? 🇳🇬🗑️🚮 |
Major7:No other serious African media house is reporting it. |
helinues:So, I see you're not disputing that this Congolese boxer story is fake news on Nairaland? This is how you know a story is fake: 1. No credible news outlet is carrying the story 2. Video of charred body is a close up, no identifying pictures of location 3. Everyone is an official but speaking french, South Africa is English speaking nlfpmod mynd44
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helinues:Can you read, up to 200K Ethiopians are in SA. I've officially laid a complaint against that Congolese boxer thread. Don't fall for fake news.
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helinues:I don't care how many Ethiopian refugees are in Kenya - read the UN refugee act, if fleeing conflict you should run to neighbouring countries, not South Africa. |
Fantastic001:nlfpmod mynd44 there's no credible news outlet in SA or global carrying this story - just unknown fake news sites. Was proper due diligence and fact checking done here? Doesn't make sense that there's so many french speaking officials on the site in South Africa. Crime scenes are cordoned off by official South African police and forensics - English speaking. That video of the body is a closeup and probably from DRC. Very dodgy report.
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helinues:Even when drunk I still make more sense than you and average Nigerians... Ethiopia should first explain why they're at war with themselves and affecting other countries with their refugees. It's not a human right to be in SA.
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helinues:Happy? https://www.nairaland.com/8711305/100k-zimbabweans-17-liberians-leave
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helinues:Correction - 500K Nigerians alone. 5 million undocumented migrants 💅🏾💅🏾💅🏾 No country can tolerate that, not even the US with all its wealth. Documented foreign nationals, students and tourists are obviously very welcome in SA🇿🇦🏆 - I see Nwabali is returning despite the genocidal propaganda in West Africa. |
helinues:Fraud and drug dealing is so high it actually feels like 5 million 🤧
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helinues:Only 1500 out of a possible 500,000🫤 Many jobs still at risk, not to mention the crime rate. 💅🏾💅🏾💅🏾 |
Nigeria said it has completed the evacuation of its citizens from South Africa this week, airlifting nearly 1,500 people as anti-illegal immigration groups piled pressure on undocumented foreigners to leave the country.https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/07/nigeria-ends-evacuation-of-nearly-1500-citizens-from-south-africa/
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mikeapollo:Go ask the Lebanese, Indians, whites if they were open on June 30. Everything was shutdown. Ask your local drug Nigerian dealer for verification. |
mikeapollo:South Africans are using their brains, there have been protests before with lots dozens of deaths. This time around what's the death toll? You'll tell me. Also, these have been the biggest marches ever, but relatively peacefully - even June 30. |
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educatedfool:Unfortunately not. The criminals will be the last to leave. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YRQOpa-i0?si=axa_vm9zBJtLKnXW Another African country has launched a repatriation programme for its citizens in South Africa, with a first group of nationals returning home after expressing fears for their safety amid rising tensions targeting foreigners. Liberia repatriated its first group of citizens from South Africa, with 17 nationals returning home amid growing concerns over anti-immigrant tensions in the country. The Liberians arrived at Roberts International Airport near Monrovia on Wednesday afternoon after voluntarily requesting to leave South Africa, according to the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The repatriation was coordinated by the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The LRRRC said the group consisted of some of the country’s “most distressed” nationals who chose to return home because of fears for their safety following attacks targeting foreigners. South Africa has witnessed protests and unrest linked to immigration, with some groups accusing foreign nationals of taking jobs and placing pressure on limited resources. The latest developments have triggered repatriation efforts by several African governments seeking to assist citizens who no longer feel safe or secure in South Africa. Liberia’s move follows similar efforts by countries including Zimbabwe, Malawi, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique. Zimbabwe has reported the return of nearly 100 000 of citizens from South Africa, with government-assisted repatriation programmes helping nationals affected by unrest and difficult conditions. Malawi said earlier in July that it had brought back about 38,000 citizens in just one month, while Uganda reported that about 1,100 nationals had been repatriated. Hundreds of citizens from Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique have also left South Africa amid the growing uncertainty. For many migrants, leaving South Africa has not been an easy decision. Some had spent years building lives in the country, sending money home and supporting families across the continent.
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mikeapollo:You call people on free repatriation flights critical skills! 😂😂😂 Can't they buy their own tickets? SA skies are free and open, do they need free repatriation flights? You're being scammed! Most of returnees are poor and undocumented. Skilled workers remain in SA coz they work and live among equally skilled and well off South Africans. Don't believe the propaganda - use your brain. |
abc115:This is very nice, hope it materialises - even though we won't hear the end of it from Nigerians 🥱🇿🇦👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 |
mikeapollo:Warn Ghana about state capture. Anyway, SA can give them advice about good governance since their citizens are scattered everywhere as economic refugees. Are there SA economic refugees in Ghana and Nigeria? Have you ever seen one in your entire miserable life? 😂😂😂🇿🇦🏆 |
If you’ve ever struggled to find a quiet flight between Cape Town and Johannesburg, the latest global aviation figures explain why.https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/07-16-iata-releases-2025-world-air-transport-statistics-report/
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mikeapollo:South Africa has always been the giant of Africa - Nigeria only came in coz SA was under sanctions. Black rule accelerated our giant status and shared the wealth with the continent via investment and immigration opportunities, I'm even more proud of that. |
mikeapollo:https://youtube.com/shorts/IAZpI35gim0?si=MCJx4spvh14UQjLX
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mikeapollo:Its a lie that SA was 'nowhere near biggest economy" during apartheid - it was the apex and most industrialised for a long time until economic sanctions. Yes, SA companies expanded into the continent during black rule but SA's top 5 trading partners are outside of Africa. We don't suffer from inferiority complex - there have been decades of reconcilation and development programmes in SA to mend racial divides. So, sorry for you you're not seeing cracks and hate between blacks and whites on SA - we know that would give you great pleasure in West Africa. |
LegonHills:It's like you've been living under a rock for the past 10 years and this is a new revelation to you and are anticipating dooms day. Too late baba. 😂😂😂 We've been talking about state of SA for a decade and we South Africans rescued it through protests against the current and past government. Things are now on the up, there's some modest economic growth (biggest economy in Africa once again) and people are being probed and arrested for corruption. So, whats wrong with alerting Ghana that they're entering the danger zone of corruption and cronyism? |
edogu:Some evidence suggests it's about cronyism and nepotism in Ghana, and nothing to do with its citizens because Ghana has overacted over the situation in SA in order to divert attention from the scandal at home. Video this analysis from SA media. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSXBMCCnW/ https://www.nairaland.com/8709823/ghanas-anti-sa-campaign-nepotism-gold
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INTEGRITYA1:While there's some of this happening, most of the videos on social media are from 2015 and 2019 waves of violence - deliberately intended to create a frenzy. This round has been relatively peacefully and there isn't even an official death toll from the police, civil society , ngos, human rights commission, etc - which shows it's peaceful nature. |
IronGalaxy:To save face. They'd been telling everyone they were developing SA all along and yet had to wait for repatriation flights coz they couldn't afford a ticket to return home. So they claim their businesses were looted and destroyed. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSXDNabK5/
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SA slams deliberate misinformation campaign from West Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-_wEB5xYeI?si=1Dj-yDOOS9BRSyuO South Africa has accused Ghana and Nigeria of mounting a sustained campaign to isolate South Africa from the rest of Africa under the guise of criticising xenophobic attacks on its citizens. “This campaign has sought to create an impression that South Africa is now a pariah state, which must be referred to international courts,” President Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said at a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday this week. “This is despite numerous official government communications condemning acts of vigilantism against foreign nationals, asserting the state’s primary role to enforce immigration laws and the commitment to the supremacy of our Constitution,” he said. “More concerning has been the peddling of false information by a diplomatic representative of a country that has become central to this campaign. Even ordinary diplomatic exchanges over meetings have been deliberately misrepresented to create an impression that South Africa is being isolated.” In answer to questions, Magwenya later made it clear that the campaign was being “primarily driven by Ghana and to a lesser extent Nigeria”. PUBLIC CRITICISM Diplomats and other officials of those countries have publicly criticised Pretoria, including accusations that it failed to properly investigate the alleged murders of some of their citizens in South Africa during anti-immigrant protests and unrest. He also appeared to be referring specifically to the postponement of a South Africa-Ghana Binational Commission meeting in Ghana, which a Ghanaian government spokesperson said was because of attacks on Ghanaians, but which Pretoria insisted was because of a clash of schedules. Magwenya said the campaign was “faltering” as South Africa was not isolated and remained “firmly engaged with our African continent and the rest of the world”. He mentioned Ramaphosa’s recent engagements to demonstrate this point, including his meeting last Friday in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron; his co-chairing of the Leaders Group meeting of the High-Level Steering Committee on Education alongside the Director-General of Unesco; and his attendance at the Transforming Education Summit +4. Ramaphosa's recent international engagements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-cw-UDFkyk?si=vPfcx1zA3XvWJCD3 Magwenya also cited Ramaphosa’s meetings or other conversations this year with African leaders, including Botswana President Duma Boko, the other leaders of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries, Kenyan President William Ruto and the presidents of Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which South Africa was helping to fight an Ebola outbreak. “This is a South Africa that is engaged with the African continent and that can never be isolated”, he said, adding that “the view that South Africa’s voice of authority is waning is quite far from the truth as well as the reality.” Magwenya said Pretoria had expressed its concerns directly to the Ghanaian High Commissioner Benjamin Quashie about spreading fake news about South Africa. He said the high commissioner “needs to put in an effort in verifying the information he puts out and to do so via the authorities…” Magwenya said there was no evidence that Ghanaians were disproportionately affected by the recent wave of anti-illegal migration protests in South Africa. “There was an incident involving one citizen, and it was not a fatal incident. “And so it’s surprising why we are continuously experiencing this anti-diplomatic and unconstructive posture coming from some in Ghana.” Magwenya said there were political leaders in Ghana’s parliament who recognised the challenge South Africa was facing and who were not happy at the posture of the Ghanaian high commissioner and foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Magwenya was also asked if South Africa was expecting reprisals from countries such as Nigeria and Ghana as some leaders of those countries, particularly lawmakers, had said that the assets of South African businesses in those countries should be nationalised to punish the country. “There is no reason whatsoever that Ghana, for example, will opt for the nationalisation of South African company assets,” he replied, though asserting that if Pretoria received any official information, it would respond. He said the economic and trade relationship between the two countries was mutually beneficial and that, for example, “the majority, if not all, of the employees of SA’s cellphone company MTN in Ghana were Ghanaians. Appropriating SA company assets in any country would be counterproductive. “It would signal that those countries are now closed for trade and business.” GOLDFIELDS MINING & ISRAELI INFLUENCE Magwenya did not refer to the South Africa-based mining company Goldfields. In April, Ghana failed to renew its lease on its Damang gold mine and transferred it to Engineers & Planners, a Ghanaian mining firm founded and led by Ibrahim Mahama, President John Mahama’s brother. Goldfields and the Ghanaian government are now negotiating the renewal of Goldfields’s lease on the more lucrative Tarkwa gold mine, with concerns being raised that it could go the same way as Damang. Magwenya was also asked if the government believed Israel might be behind the campaign to isolate South Africa. “I can’t talk to that except it is on record by some authorities in Israel that South Africa must be punished,” he replied. “We anticipated that there will be some form of reprisal coming from not only Israel, but some countries that are allied to Israel against South Africa for the action we’ve taken in taking Israel, or referring Israel in its genocidal behaviour against Palestinians, to the International Court of Justice.” SADC SUMMIT Magwenya said he did not know if a discussion about illegal migration would be on the agenda of the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which South Africa would host in August. However, he added that it should be part of the discussions, for example in meetings with other leaders on the sidelines of the summit. These discussions should be constructive and should acknowledge the challenge SA faces. “Let’s not scream at each other, let’s not point fingers,” he said. AFRICAN UNION Ghana has asked the African Union to add the question of xenophobia in South Africa to the agenda of the African Union’s mid-term summit, which will be held in Egypt in October, preceded by a meeting of the AU foreign ministers in July in Addis Ababa. But Magwenya said, “As far as we know, there’s no issue on the AU agenda on the so-called xenophobia, even though there is no xenophobia. That’s our information.” He was also asked when Ramaphosa would despatch the team of envoys to African countries to explain SA’s position on the xenophobia issue. Ramaphosa announced this initiative last month as one of the five pillars of his strategy to deal with illegal migration. Magwenya replied that “ that process is under way. We’re just finalising an administrative process that is necessary before the envoys are despatched.” He said Ramaphosa had already been in touch with several of his counterparts. The diplomatic effort was already under way and was not entirely dependent on despatching the envoys. nlfpmod mynd44
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