VIDEO: Xenophobic violence unacceptable, says South African president

VIDEO: Xenophobic violence unacceptable, says South African president SayNoToXenophobia Xenophobia XenophobicAttacks Nigerians

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday condemned a wave of xenophobic violence unfurling in several parts of South Africa.

Attacks on businesses run by “foreign nationals is something totally unacceptable, something that we cannot allow to happen in South Africa,” Ramaphosa said in a video address diffused on Twitter. “I want it to stop immediately,” said Ramaphosa, adding that there was “no justification” for the violence.South African authorities have been struggling to contain a nationwide surge of anti-foreigner sentiment that flared up in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Mobs descended on business hubs and townships in various parts of the country, looting dozens of shops and torching trucks driven by foreigners.The people of our country want to live in harmony; whatever concerns or grievances we may have, we need to handle them in a democratic way. There can be no justification for any South African to attack people from other countries.

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