Eighteen Ghanaians in Pretoria, South Africa, have been rescued to safety after attacks on immigrants by some locals.<\/p>\n
Communication from Ghana\u2019s Mission in South Africa\u00a0said the 18 were rescued after one of them sent a distress call to the mission. A group of South Africans called Namelodi Concerned Residents, are accusing non-South Africans of taking over their jobs and leaving them jobless.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”MvzMO59EIWM4QwtPP75C3Ybktw84Slmg”]A few of the Ghanaians are reported to have sustained various degrees of injury.<\/p>\n
Following the renewed xenophobic attacks, over one hundred and forty suspects have been arrested after clashes with migrants, left some of the migrants, including Ghanaians injured.<\/p>\n
The High Commission says the 18 Ghanaians rescued are now safe.<\/p>\n
Narrating to Citi News<\/strong> how the attacks began, a reporter based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Larenzo Themba, said \u201cwhat was supposed to be a peaceful march against illegal immigrants nearly turned out to be quite chaotic where the Police were forced to try and calm situations under the disguise of anti immigrants; but the situation is quite peaceful now and we haven\u2019t seen any sort of violence taking place.”<\/p>\n She said the attacks started when \u201ca protest being staged by concerned residents was hijacked by a group of youth mainly from other townships, and started to really cause chaos, intimidating foreign nationals and looting a shop.\u201d<\/p>\n Ghanaians in SA paranoid over xenophobic attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, had told Parliament a week ago that, Ghanaians in South Africa were paranoid over xenophobic attacks in some parts of that country.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Mamelodi, a suburb in Pretoria, there is general fear and apprehension within the various foreign communities including that of Ghana following a decision by a local to organize an anti-foreigner march today to protest at what he referred to as South African nationals being tired of enslavement and being deprived of job opportunities in their own country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n She told Parliament on Friday that her outfit has adopted stringent measures to ensure the safety of Ghanaians living in South Africa.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline,com\/Ghana
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