The High Commission of the Republic of Ghana, Pretoria has issued a communique to the Ghanaian community in South Africa asking them to stay safe, following the increasing number of protests by South Africans against the presence of foreigners in their country.
In the communique, the Commission warned Ghanaians to be vigilant, restrict their movements certainly and prevent themselves from getting into any situation that could cause conflict.
They also added emergency numbers.
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa go way back. The first Xenophobic attack happened in December 1994 and January 1995, armed youth gangs in Alexandra Township outside of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, destroyed the homes and property of suspected undocumented migrants and marched the individuals down to the local police station where they demanded that the foreigners be forcibly and immediately removed.
Since then, it has been the norm.
