The Nigerian Union in South Africa says Nigerians living in two South
African communities have been ordered by those communities to leave
their land. This was made known by Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of
the Union.
Ayene said the Kuruman community in Northern Cape Province gave Nigerians until Thursday
to leave the place while the Klaafontein community, Extension 5,
Johannesburg, took a more subtle approach and directed landlords not to
renew the rent of Nigerians in the area.
He said the South African's
grouse with Nigerians is that they believe they are responsible for some
social vices like illicit drug trade and prostitution.
Anyene further said a Ugandan man raped a girl in Kwazulu Natal Province but was described in the media as a Nigerian.
He said to the News Agency of Nigeria:
“The Nigeria union held series of meetings with the affected communities
as well as police and local authorities on the recent threats to
Nigerians.
We have also written reports on these incidents and sent to
the Nigerian Mission and the South African police.
We recommended
interventions before the June 16 deadline to the mission and we are
waiting for their response. The union is worried that any incident
involving non -South Africans are attributed to Nigerians.
The union
believes that the Early Warning Unit set up by Nigerian and South
African governments has not been effective.
We are yet to have any
meeting since the ministers of the two countries met. Since then, there
have been sustained media propaganda against our people."
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