President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, speaks on the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa in this interview withLast Monday, there was a fight between some foreigners s
uspected to be Tanzanians and taxi drivers which led to the death of one taxi driver. So, on Tuesday, the taxi driver went on a mass protest in the morning and it degenerated into violence. Some criminal elements joined them and they started looting and burning houses and shops belonging to foreign nationals in the Pretoria Central Business District on Lilian Ngoyi Street.
We are still compiling that list. There are about eight of them that have come forward, but we are still compiling the list. A lot of them are traumatised already and it is when they come forward that we will know. For some of our people that have moved and are living around Jules Street in Malvern, even in Jeppestown, it is very risky for them to move around because the situation is very tense as we speak.They are aware of what is happening so we expect them to do their job.
That is a welcome idea because that will enable the foreign affairs ministry to get direct information from the victims, so the people that encounter the ordeal can narrate their stories directly to the ministry. But they need to do more; there are so many diplomatic instruments available that they can use to push the South African government, so that they will be able to take decisive steps to stop these incessant and outrageous attacks on foreign nationals.
Our government representatives in South Africa, also, should not be seen to be reactive; they should be proactive. There is so much intelligence that is available. Sometimes, we ignore the information and signals, so when they come, we start running helter-skelter, which is not right. They need to be proactive in terms of solving the problems of our community members.
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