THREE hundred (300) Malawian nationals in South Africa have been displaced and are sheltering at a Police station in Springfield following Xenophobic attacks in that country.
And South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu says reports of alleged xenophobic attacks that have re-emerged in that country are a great concern to her government.
Sisulu said her government is working closely with the Police and other law enforcement agencies as well as with members of the diplomatic corp to ensure that security is provided to people living in South Africa.
In a statement issued by First secretary for Press and Public Relation at the Zambian Mission in that country Naomi Nyawali, the foreign minister also Sisulu was speaking at an urgent meeting held with Ambassadors and High Commissioners from the African region held at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in Pretoria.
The minister said SADC member countries would be actively engaged to find a solution to the attacks and further assured that her government would guarantee that all people including foreign nationals were safe.
She also said that Police will ensure that trucks and their trade routes are made safe.
And Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba said reports of alleged xenophobia were distressing.
Mwamba urged nationals living in that country to avoid inflammatory remarks which could incite further attacks.
Article sourced from Mwebantu Media
