{"id":69000,"date":"2019-09-08T03:47:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69000"},"modified":"2019-09-08T03:47:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T02:47:20","slug":"xenophobia-buhari-to-visit-south-africa-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/xenophobia-buhari-to-visit-south-africa-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenophobia: Buhari To Visit South Africa In October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m1459093088595685702\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a state visit to South Africa in October, the South African presidency said Saturday after a spate of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg caused tensions between the countries.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s financial capital and surrounding areas were rocked by a surge of deadly attacks against foreigners this week, many directed against Nigerian-owned businesses and properties.<\/p>\n<p>The violence prompted reprisal attacks against South African firms in Nigeria and the temporary closing of South Africa\u2019s diplomatic mission ins Lagos and Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 people were killed in the violence and hundreds of shops destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari\u2019s visit is meant to \u201creinforce the strong bonds between the two countries and jointly develop responses to challenges affecting people and businesses in South Africa and Nigeria\u201d, said South Africa\u2019s presidency in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign workers are often victims of anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa \u2014 the continent\u2019s second-biggest economy after Nigeria \u2014 where they compete against locals for jobs, particularly in low-skilled industries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 420 people have been arrested since the violence flared up on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a state visit to South Africa in October, the South African presidency said Saturday after a spate of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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