No fewer than 15 Houses owned by Nigerians living in South Africa have been looted and destroyed by South Africans in Rosettenvile, south of Johannesburg on Sunday.
Reports have it that the attacked ensued following allegations that foreign nationals have turned the neighbourhood into a drug and prostitution den.
Confirming the attack, Marc Gbaffou, African Diaspora Forum (ADM) chairperson, condemned Herman Mashaba, Johannesburg mayor, for his inflammatory comments.
Mashaba had told a press conference that Nigerians and other foreign nationals got there criminally and should be treated as such.
“According to community members, these homes are illegally occupied by Nigerian foreign nationals who run the homes as brothels and have girls as young as nine years old working as prostitutes. Many of the women in these brothels are also alleged to have no official identification documentation”, Mashaba had said.
However, Gbaffou while reacting wondered “What proof does he have that foreigners are running these brothels? His remarks are very inflammatory, and it makes no difference that he has diverted from illegal immigrants to drug peddling. It is very dangerous and we see it as propaganda of hatred”.
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