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Police, Lamola promise crackdown on xenophobic attacks after Ghana protests | SA News

South African authorities promised on Friday to crack down on anyone carrying out xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other foreigners, a day after Ghana protested over videos of violent incidents circulating on social media.

Ghana’s foreign affairs minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa summoned South Africa’s envoy on Thursday and called for an “intervention to prevent further escalation”.

Campaigners for migrant rights say foreigners have been scapegoated in South Africa for its economic woes.

Ablakwa expressed concern about an incident in KwaZulu-Natal where a Ghanaian was confronted, asked to provide proof of his legal status and told to leave and “fix his country”, his ministry said on…

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