{"id":9441,"date":"2019-09-17T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T08:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=9441"},"modified":"2019-09-17T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:22:06","slug":"sa-apologises-to-nigeria-for-xenophobic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/9441","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Apologises to Nigeria for Xenophobic Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Pretoria, in which Nigerians and other foreigners have been targeted.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_2\">A special envoy from South Africa presented an apology from President Cyril Ramaphosa to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria&#8217;s capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_3\">The envoy, Jeff Radebe, told President Buhari that the South African government condemned the violence and was taking decisive action.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_5\">He said that 10 people had died during the attacks &#8211; two Zimbabweans and eight South Africans.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">Mr Buhari thanked Mr Radebe for \u201ccoming to explain to us what happened in South Africa recently, leading to killing and displacement of foreigners\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Following the violent incident in SA , Nigeria announced it would repatriate \u00a0more than 600 nationals to protect them from future violence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gs-u-mb+ gel-body-copy qa-post-body\" data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\" data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0\">\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_10\">While the diplomatic mission is taking place, Nigeria has continued to evacuate its citizens from South Africa.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".ok7ixdcgr8.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5d806192db67fe0662ec8448.0.3.0.0:$post_11\">More than 300 Nigerians are expected to arrive in Lagos on Tuesday. 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