There have been violent clashes in the South African city of Durban which as extended to johannesburg after a crowd of hundreds of locals tried to attack shops and businesses owned by immigrants on 14 April 2015.
In a statement to condemn the attacks, BPS says if within five days the South African authorities are not able to halt the attacks,
business interests of the country in Ghana and other parts of Africa will be boycotted.
“The Bureau of Public Safety will embark on a campaign for all Ghanaians and other African nationals to observe a boycott of all
South African shops, products, and services in Ghana and the rest of Africa as a peaceful demonstration of our displeasure and condemnation of the gruesome killings, and ceaseless torture of our kith and kin in South Africa,” the statement signed by Nana YawAkwada said.
“This collective peaceful act should send the strongest signal to the South African people, and for that matter the Government of South Africa that we in Ghana are not unaware of South African economic
interests in Ghana and other African countries; and that they (the Government and people of South Africa) must do all within their power to protect and restore within the shortest possible time the
tranquility, rights, and dignity of all foreign nationals residing in South Africa.”
It also asked the Ghana High Commission in South Africa to take interim measures to ensure that no further Ghanaian lives are lost.
Meanwhile, security seems to have been beefed up around the South African embassy in Accra.
Personnel from the state security agencies have been stationed at strategic positions near the embassy, a situation that has been
condemned by Ghanaian residents.
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