Xenophobic Attacks: 'We are disappointed with Ghana's government' - Jacinta Zuma

The leader of the March and March Movement in South Africa, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, has expressed disappointment in the Ghanaian government over what she described as “demeaning comments and actions.”

The first batch of 300 Ghanaian evacuees arrived aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight after departing O.R. Tambo International Airport on May 26, 2026.

The repatriation exercise follows reports of xenophobic attacks against African nationals by some locals in South Africa.

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Following the evacuation, the movement’s leader accused the Ghanaian government of overreacting, arguing that locals in South Africa are not being mistreated as claimed in some media reports.

She denied reports that Ghanaians in South Africa were being beaten, insisting that the viral video involved an individual who had breached South African laws.

“I think the Ghanaian government really overreacted… It’s disappointing. We’ve had a lot of respect for Ghana as a country and for the people of Ghana, and we still do. But for them to react in the way that they did is largely dishonest, because to claim that people were beaten up when they were not, and for the Minister of Police to even echo that, is absolutely ridiculous. What we saw in that video was Victoria Africa speaking to someone who had broken the laws of the country, came in legally and stayed illegally, which is something a lot of foreign nationals do,” she said at a press conference.

Jacinta added that the situation could have been handled better.

“Instead of addressing the issue correctly and acknowledging that a citizen had broken the laws and raising their concerns, they decided to launch a PR exercise that painted South Africa as xenophobic,” she said.

Watch the video below:

Shortly after the Ghanaian government evacuated Ghanaians from South Africa, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and her group carrying xenophobic attacks, made a U-turn and issued a press statement saying Ghanaians were not among those they asked to leave SA.

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