South Africa: Afrophobia Is Growing. Why? Its Leaders Are Feeding It. – AuthenticAfrican

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[African Arguments] On 14 September, Cyril Ramaphosa was booed as he spoke at Robert Mugabe's funeral in Zimbabwe. Forced off script, the South African president apologised again for the most recent eruption of violence against African migrants in his country. Last month, twelve people were killed when South African citizens attacked foreign-owned businesses, mainly in Johannesburg's central business district. Of the deceased, ten were reportedly South African nationals and two from Zimbabwe.