Ghana has been added to a list of seven countries whose nationals will be permitted to enter South Africa visa-free.
According to the Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, citizens of the seven countries are able to enter South Africa without a visa.
Meanwhile, at least five have been killed and several injured in a recent Xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa.
Reacting to this on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Prattt Jnr. says if foreigners are going to be attacked in the country, then why the need to grant free visas.
Watch his reaction in the video below
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Nkrumah made a big mistake by using ghana's money to help everybody in Africa. today these same people don't even respect Ghanaians. our money and resources continue to be wasted by our past and present clueless politicians. GHANA FIRST. SAME LIKE AMERICA FIRST. Is the best foreign policy.the free visa ***barred word*** is another ploy to get Ghanaians trapped in more xhenophobia. stay home people.
And who told you they were thinking about you when they decided to grant Ghana visa free status?
Why is South Africa such a magnet anyway? The South Africans may be telling all Africans to go back home and make their countries great and magnetic too. Not a bad advice for West Africans who have been in the business of political independence long before Southern Africa. Bitter pills have the cure!
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD RESTRICT MIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA RATHER THAN ALLOWING MIGRATION THEM TO BE KILLED. AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DISCOURAGE MIGRATION OF THEIR CITIZENS TO SOUTH AFRICA. XENOPHOBIC CONDITION OF THE SOUTH AFRICANS IS INSTIGATED BY SEVERAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS. 1, APARTHEID CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA MADE MANY BLACKS LOST CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES. THEY LACK RIGHT SKILLS, EDUCATION AND ATTITUDE TO COPE WITH THE NEW CONDITION ATTAINED WITH COLLAPSE OF APARTHEID GOVERNMENT. THE BLACKS FROM OTHER AFRICAN STATES HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE BLACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA IN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT OR ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. 2. THE GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA HOPING TO REDUCE THE IMBALANCE CAUSED BY APARTHEID GOVERNMENT ALLOWED CITIZENS OF OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO COME TO SOUTH AFRICA TO ENHANCE THE CONDITION OF THE BLACK POPULATION. THE APPROACH WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE THE IMBALANCE AND IMPROVE THE COHESION OF THE NATION. 3. THE OVERWHELMING INFLOW OF BLACK AFRICANS TO SOUTH AFRICA FROM OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAS OVERWHELMED THE BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS. 4. THOUGH THE POLICY TO BRING OTHER AFRICANS TO SOUTH AFRICA IS GOOD, THE SPEED OF THE MIGRATION MUST BE CONTROLLED FOR BOTH BLACK AND OTHER SOUTH AFRICANS TO COPE WITH IT. 5. SOUTH AFRCAN GOVERNMENT MUST RESTRICT MIGRATION NOW. OTHER AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DISCOURAGE THEIR OWN CITIZENS FROM GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA IMMEDIATELY IN ORDER TO STOP THIS SENSELESSS AND INHUMANNN ACTION AGAINST FOREIGNERS.
I must Say Nigerians must behave well. I am currently in South Africa as an Entrepreneur from Ghana. I must say SA National truly do support black businesses massively. The issue is all about Nigerian Nationals always doing Illegal businesses such as drugs, prostitution, car business etc. Everything is about quick money why??? they have trained the black South African in such dealings and now they are attacking them to also do the illegal business. If you sell drugs to them, they will attack you afterwards. Everywhere there is Nigeria, no Peace!
In as much as it is wrong to kill a human being, we much also look at the behaviour of Nigerians in foreign countries. It is only in Ghana that a foreigner will kidnap three people kill them and dump their bodies in a man hole and we keep quite about it. Nigeria government should talk to their people to behave in foreign lands. Why Nigerians are hated all over the world? This is the question we must ourselves. Let a Ghanaian go to Nigeria to kidnap three people and kill them and put them in a man hole and you will hear bobolebobo. Nigerians are destroying their country. The fact that we help them to get independence doesn’t mean we should go there and do whatever we like. Nobody wants to talk about it including the AU because Nigeria is involve.
your president must think