Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa says Zambians who are considering travelling to KwaZulu-Natal or Gauteng should avoid doing so until the unrest in some towns in these provinces comes to an end.
“He added that the high commission would continue monitoring the situation and advise Zambian travellers for their safety. General Miti indicated that the mission has not received any adverse reports concerning Zambian nationals,” said Nyawali.
Thousands of members of the South African National Defence Force have been deployed in parts of the country to support the South African Police Service in quelling the unrest. “We note that the marginalised and vulnerable suffer most when accountable politics is in short supply; thus we raise the alarm about the targeting of spaza shops and street hawkers’ stalls owned by non-locals, indicating a strong xenophobic element in the mêlée,” said Danmore Chuma, a co-ordinator at the umbrella body of activist groups.
Chuma said South Africa was home to multiple foreign nationals, many fleeing repression in their home countries, who had sought refuge in the continent’s economic powerhouse “only to experience the double backlash against the poor, fuelled by our unaccountable state”.
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