No deliberate killings of Nigerians in South Africa-President Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Wednesday declared that the killing of Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country was an act of criminality, not specifically targeted at Nigerians. He gave the explanation while addressing state House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

According to Ramaphosa, the killings are caused by high level of unemployment among the youth as well as other social factors emanating from long apartheid misrule while government is doing all best possible to bring it down. “These are acts of criminality. When we were involved in our struggle we said the South Africa that we are fighting for is the South Africa which will regard everyone who lives in South Africa on the basis of equality, respect for human rights. “And we said that South Africa belongs to all the people who live in it; so the Nigerians who are in South Africa are also part of our community. “They can never be targeted on intentional basis as people who must either be attacked or killed.