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Ghana cannot claim high moral ground over South Africa migrant tensions – Kwesi Pratt Jnr

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  • Dr... Mumbi Seraki 18 hours ago

    Hello youth of Ghana.... You can take your own .life or someone's .life with medicine.....for instance 15 tramadol at once.........or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Atta Kay 18 hours ago

    Hypocrite Kwesi Pratt was he not part of AFRC & PNDC when late JJ Rawlings was chasing and destroying businesses of Akan Investors like Appiah-Menkah,Kwabena Darko & Mensah? Don't deceive the youth.

  • FRANKIE 17 hours ago

    Massa Kwesi Pratt, this time you goofed big time! The Aliens Compliance Order happened some 57 years ago. Why must you go back to revisit that dark period in our history to unwittingly 'justify' the atrocities ongoing in Sou ...
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  • Wisdom 16 hours ago

    Master is not 57 yrs,do your calculation from 1969 till date.
    And is true that Npp did that thing in ghana and Nigeria also did the same thing even 2 times, so us remind ourselves and also try to educate other not go throug ...
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  • Oninku. 14 hours ago

    My friend, the 1969 Alliance Compliance Order in Ghana was initiated by the Ghanaian government of the time, not by citizens taking the law into their own hands as is currently the case in South Africa. Kwasi Pratt is part an ...
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  • Hyp 13 hours ago

    Thank you Oninku. That man pratt dislike NPP tradition too much. The party must déclaré him person non grata of the part. All membres should hâte him. Nonsense

  • Rex 14 hours ago

    I969 was just 12 yrs after independence,how many percentage of the populace had had formal education then?Pratt is comparing what happened 57 yrs ago when most of the citizens in Ghana where uneducated and somehow uncivilise ...
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  • Joko 9 hours ago

    Just this year Ghanaians were shouting "Nigeria must leave Ghana" till South Africa shocked us by attacking and killing Ghanaians that's when the story changed. Locking Nigerian shops and stuff just this year. What you are ta ...
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  • Rex@Empty headed joko 8 hours ago

    You are the one dat is rubbish,shouting that Nigerians must leave and locking their shop that the country's laws bars dem from retailing here(Their goods were still safe inside for dem),isn't equal to attacking Nigerians,kill ...
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  • Steve Kaye London 16 hours ago

    Hypocrite Kwesi Pratt. Aliens Compliance Order asked people to reglurise their stay in the country. Only those without permission to remain here were asked to leave and no one was molested. Even in UK , people living here i ...
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  • Mr Logic 14 hours ago

    The timing of Kwesi Pratt's comments is questionable and unfortunate. Ghanaians in South Africa live in fear for their lives and this is what Kwesi Pratt can say? He should know that South Africans will use his words as moti ...
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  • Hyp 13 hours ago

    The man hates NPP tradition and i am always surprise some big men in NPP still have something to do with this hypocrite, opportunist and greedy bustard.

  • Joko 9 hours ago

    @Frankie , kwesi did not goof anything, just this year some Ghanaians were locking Nigerians shop at circle , asking Nigerians to go till the shocker came from South Africa.

  • Rex@Empty headed joko 7 hours ago

    U are an ignoramus,it was Ghana Union of Traders Association(GUTA) and not the entire nation Ghana,even the citizenry were in support of the Nigerians,GUTA's claim was that the Nigerians were retailing goods at a cheaper pric ...
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  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 13 hours ago

    What was annoying was that in less than ten years, Ghanaians followed those deported Nigerians back to Agege. Ghanaian are really shameless people. The reason why Busia chased the Nigerians away was because Ghanaians didn't ...
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  • P Djamgbe 17 hours ago

    Mr Pratt has guffed very badly on this one. When Ghana drove immigrants out of the country is this how we did it, did the netizens take the law into their own hands by beating them up and killing others in order to send them ...
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  • Kofi 17 hours ago

    Very badly. Now looking very dumb here. An old man who cannot read the wind and think beyond his nose?

  • they say they say 16 hours ago

    I shock self. Recent utterances by Kwesi Pratt shows the guy is too old to make sound mental judgment. He needs to close his mouth to save the rest of his reputation

  • Joko 9 hours ago

    @DJANGBA, truth is bitter, just this year Nigerian shops at circle were being locked and it was OK with us till South Africa attacked Ghanaians. Even when they were attacking only Nigerians, it was OK with Ghana. Some people ...
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  • Kojo poku-London UK 16 hours ago

    Edward Akuffo Addo, the Unelected ceremonial president Edward Akuffo Addo and Dr K A Busia carelessly deported our Brothers and sisters from Nigeria from Ghana in 1969 and Nigeria also deported Ghanaians from Nigeria in milli ...
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  • Great one 18 hours ago

    Where are those hypocrites, I would like to see their reaction to this gospel truth

    All they remember is when Nigeria reacted, right now the xenophobic sentiments is alive and thriving in Ghana, it was even Ghanaians that ...
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  • OGyam 15 hours ago

    @Do you think we give a damn about snake eating undesirable Nigerians on our soil?

  • Agyita Yaya 18 hours ago

    Trust NS3M KEKA PRATT to skew any story to impact badly on NPP. Your hatred, envy and dislike of NPP and its cultured and gentle supporters will prevent you from progressing properly in life. Anything that is NPP attracts hat ...
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  • Useless Ho Airport 17 hours ago

    The big difference is that the Aliens Compliance Order under Busia was enforced by the police and other law enforcement agencies and not by vigilantes and members of the public taking the law unto themselves and beating forei ...
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  • Maame 16 hours ago

    I was an adult at the time! Ordinary Ghanaians confronted the so called aliens and beat them up, dispossessing them of their valuables, quite like March in March. These foreigners were visited, confronted in their homes by ...
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  • Accra 16 hours ago

    Thank u Maame.

  • NENE NANOR 16 hours ago

    You are a liar and God will punish you for telling lies. Nobody attacked any alien. If they were being attacked as you shamelessly alledge, how can most of them sell their houses and properties before leaving? Nonsense.

  • Wisdom 16 hours ago

    Master is not true some of our tribes involved in that exercise so please be factual about issue,even other foreigners loose their house and other properties some die as well.
    What he is say is the truth and nothing but the ...
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  • Kwaku Tee 17 hours ago

    Having foreigners migrating to your country even when your economy is in a bad shape is a good thing. It's a sign that your economy has good potential to grow.Every country experiencing that shd embrace everyone and take good ...
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  • The Freedom Newspaper 18 hours ago

    The Old English Quote Is That People Who Don't Know Where They're Coming From/ Will Definitely Not Know Where They Are Going

  • Talk true 17 hours ago

    In facf I'm so disappointed in kwasi Pratt as a senior journalist who knows better, so the fact that Ghana did some in 1969 u are here endorsing what is happening in South Africa. If that is the case, then there is no need ...
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  • Great one 16 hours ago

    With the behavior of Ghanaians in recent times, what have you learned? this problem in south Africa today was actively encouraged by Ghanaians, videos exist to prove it

  • Momo 12 hours ago

    They’ve all forgotten how ghananian were on the streets just few months ago demonstrating that Nigerians must go?

  • Talk true 17 hours ago

    In facf I'm so disappointed in kwasi Pratt as a senior journalist who knows better, so the fact that Ghana did some in 1969 u are here endorsing what is happening in South Africa. If that is the case, then there is no need ...
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  • Talk true 17 hours ago

    In facf I'm so disappointed in kwasi Pratt as a senior journalist who knows better, so the fact that Ghana did some in 1969 u are here endorsing what is happening in South Africa. If that is the case, then there is no need ...
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  • The Freedom Newspaper 17 hours ago

    Because Of What Social Science Students Term Generational Gap/ The Present Generation Of Ghanaians Are Removed/Can't Relate To The Order The Oxford University Educated Ghanaian Prime Minister Dr Busia Issued

  • The Freedom Newspaper 17 hours ago

    For Foreigners Subsisting In Ghana And Working With/Out Permits To Regularize Their Documents Or Get Deported

  • Kofi 17 hours ago

    Very bogus argument. How do you experience this when you are only passing through? I am shocked. And what was the context when Ghana allegedly expelled foreigners? So, you are blind to all the terrible videos circulating onli ...
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  • Dr. Adenta 17 hours ago

    When will he retire from parroting? Interestingly, praten in dutch means to talk.

  • kulbogo 17 hours ago

    In fact, I used to think that Pratt was full of wisdom, not knowing that he is the most useless old fool anyone could ever think of, does he know the difficulties people are facing in south Africa in respect of this xenophobi ...
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  • The Freedom Newspaper 17 hours ago

    And That Begs The Question Of How Came An Oxford University Educated Anthropologist Issue Such An Order For West Africans And Other Nationals Subsisting In Ghana To Self Deport Themselfs Or Be Forcibly Removed?

  • The Freedom Newspaper 17 hours ago

    The Ghanaian Journo Akatakyie Afrifa Will Answer That Question/ In A Tv Program On The Proposed Igbo Kingdom In Ghana

  • Nee 17 hours ago

    Age something comes with wisdom but this man is completely opposite this assertion.. How can a full.grown up say this in this modern globalisation..

  • Peace 17 hours ago

    Kwesi, we learnt from our act that's why we are criticizing them from our lessons.

  • The Freedom Newspaper 13 hours ago

    @Peace/We Have Learnt From Our Act/ Meaning Ghanaians Have Come To Accept That Forcifully Removing Foreigners In Their Nation Was In Bad Taste

  • The Freedom Newspaper 17 hours ago

    But The Big Question Is Which Way Africa/ On The Africa Unite 1B.Marley Variant1 Front

  • Great one 16 hours ago

    At this very moment, there are seventy five thousand Nigerians residing in Ghana documented and undocumented, there are twice that number in Togo, same with Benin republic even far more yet these countries are not crying, mea ...
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  • Col.Q 16 hours ago

    Kwesi, Kwesi, Kwesieeee! Why are you throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians?! 1969, you were still a teenager, still in secondary school and not even considered as legally matured! You were also a "young pioneer" which has ...
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  • Erik 16 hours ago

    Kwesi was anyone killed or goods stolen during the aliens compliance order. Certainly not. So how do you compare what happened in Ghana in the 60s to what's happening in South Africa now

  • OSAFO KANTANKA 16 hours ago

    I am sure some GHANAIANS don’t want to hear what Mr. PRATT junior is saying because of Hypocrisy , Ignorance, abject stupidity etc… What kind of Ghanaian is prepared to hide in South Africa illegally and without a job? ...
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  • King Deed 16 hours ago

    When we were young we thought every grown up is sensible! You went there for a short visit, so dont expect your experience to be the same as someone living with them all the time. From the airport to your destination, you may ...
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  • Kofi Atta 16 hours ago

    A fool
    Did you walk alone in Durban Tembisa or townships in SA.
    That is where majority of immigrants stay.
    So past mistakes must be repeated with killings violence looting
    Have you seen the crisis in the camps in Musina C ...
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  • Kojo poku-London UK 16 hours ago

    Edward Akuffo Addo, the Unelected ceremonial president Edward Akuffo Addo and Dr K A Busia carelessly deported our Brothers and sisters from Nigeria from Ghana in 1969 and Nigeria also deported Ghanaians from Nigeria in milli ...
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  • Jaja 16 hours ago

    There he goes again! This Hypocrite is always twisting facts.

    Is there any evidence that Ghanaian killed foreigners dur8ng the period he referred to?

  • Oh mama Africa 15 hours ago

    I personally believe that pratt is a foolish man who has been overrated for years in Ghana. He always wants to take the not so popular route not because he belives it but because he wants to be the topic. He is a big fool.

  • Kofi Ghanaba 15 hours ago

    Kwasi Pratt we had your friend before his Jerryship Rawlings who felt some Ghanaians must become illegal aliens.Some of your Ghanaian relatives became aliens.They had to live in London,New York,Western Germany,Togoland your u ...
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  • Tt 15 hours ago

    What kind of backward thinking is this. Has Mr. Prat lost his bright mind. Is he protecting his work @ south africa? Comrade stop that, south africa leadership has failed and africa must punish them

  • Name 15 hours ago

    Is something wrong with this man??

    How would any person attack a journalist that has been invited to take part in a conference in South Africa? That aside, the dummiest person would know that he entered SA with a valid vis ...
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  • nii 14 hours ago

    TWO WRONGS CANNOT BE RIGHT

  • Paapa 13 hours ago

    Kwesi, it seems you're going off these days.

  • kulbogo 13 hours ago

    such a stupid old fool called senior citizen, I wish he goes to bed and does not wake up alive, where are the kids of this bastard who does not know his father, if this idiot knew the pain many are going through in the hands ...
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  • Great one 13 hours ago

    @kulbogo, are you not ashamed? one of your best is pointing out your hypocricy and you think he should keep quiet so you continue the life of hypocricy?

    I always knew that Ghana is populated by simpletons
    I can show you ...
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  • Great one 13 hours ago

    @kulbogo, are you not ashamed? one of your best is pointing out your hypocricy and you think he should keep quiet so you continue the life of hypocricy?

    I always knew that Ghana is populated by simpletons
    I can show you ...
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  • kulbogo 13 hours ago

    I hope this idiot would have time to come back and read about the comments of viewers, so that next time he would measure his statements,

  • Too known Pratt 13 hours ago

    This Guy pratt will never stopped his hatred for Dankwa, Busia and Dumbo tradition . Never. What is this , something that took 1967 , how many years now? What is happening in SA had happened how many times now? Kwasi too k ...
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  • Kofi 13 hours ago

    Pratt is a fool. The Alien Compliance Order was triggered because Nigerians were committing all sorts of crimes. What crime(s) have Ghanaians and by extension, Africans committed in SA? Idiocy at the highest level.

  • Kofi Akapo 13 hours ago

    Massa Kwasi, how can you compare the alien compliance order,1969 with what happening in South Africa? And did you have the courage to walk into area(s) where our brothers and sisters are being brutalised by few crazy South A ...
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  • Kwame Ofori 13 hours ago

    Agreed Kwedi but we did beat kill them or rob them of the possessions. There is a very big difference between the alien compliance and what is unfolding in South Africa. You can not compare the two.

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  • WAS IT RIGHT WE DID IT, KWESI ?- Kwabena Ohemeng,london 12 hours ago

    Kwesi we did it. Was it right we did it? That is why what is happening in South Africa must be condemned.
    When we did it Ghanaians did not take the law into their hands to harsass Nigerians like as it is been done to foreig ...
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  • Osei Kwabena 12 hours ago

    Kwasi, please don't compare yourself with the illegal migrants. Did you travel to South Africa as illegal immigrant? If not, please hold your peace.
    Who are you and your position? They judge people by their color and positi ...
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  • Ben 12 hours ago

    Massa you stayed in a hotel in Joburg and a tourist resort Bela Bela
    What do you expect
    Did you go to townships and KZN?
    Visit Tembisa Germiston and talk talk

  • Citizen Vigilante 12 hours ago

    SMH for Pratt, Always looking for opportunity to blame his political opponents. Wise up people

  • Oklemekuku¹ 12 hours ago

    Ebeii Ofa Kwesi! This South African one was orchestrated by loons on looting rampage, not by governments of Ghana in 1969 and Nigeria in 1983. Those were unfortunate events though. State the difference to viewers

  • Hakim 12 hours ago

    Such journalists must be ignored
    Enjoyed in SA and came back talking nonsense.
    Why didn't he go to the epicenters of crisis as a journalist
    Won't be surprised No ko fio journalist
    Tell us your agenda in SA

  • Nana 12 hours ago

    No one is claiming anything against South Africa. The complaint is the way some South Africans are going about it. However, instead of you talking about how the order was being implemented, you chose to make such dumb and i ...
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  • I’m 12 hours ago

    Kwesi, your point doesn’t hold water. You went not as a hustler, you had visa for a period, you didn’t set up a trade to become a “permanent “ resident so how do you expect to be attacked. Talking about 1969, don’t ...
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  • Koti 12 hours ago

    This is the most senseless comment I have heard from Kwesi Pratt. Is he justifying the attacks on Africans in South Africa? Even if it is true that Ghanaians attacked Nigerians in 1969, which I didn't see any, is it right for ...
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  • Kwaku 12 hours ago

    This guy is an idiot!!

  • Oppong 12 hours ago

    There's difference is: Ghana'swas state action. South Africa's is led by fools like Kwesi Pratt

    Idiot!.

  • OZYMANDIAS 11 hours ago

    Unlike in South Africa, Ghanaians did not break into the shops of other Africans and loot and vandalise their shops. Mr Know All Pratt is not being truthful with the facts in the two countries. .

  • Shalom 11 hours ago

    WHICH NPP ARE U TALKING ABOUT?
    Eeeiiiii Agyita Yaya on:£
    My friend WHICH NPP are you referring to as having cultured and gentle supporters???
    Are you being serious here right now ?
    What do you mean telling us that NPP SU ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 11 hours ago

    Rented pressmen like Kwesi pratt are the reasons why Ghana can never develop. Nokofeooo plus low intelligence is our bane.

  • Zionism is racism 11 hours ago

    Trump and Natanyahu, alias satanyahu the Polish fugitive, are behind this disorder. They want to discredit the south African government for lodging complaint against the Zionist state for war crimes, crimes against humanity a ...
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  • Bretuoba Kofi Frimpong Boateng 9 hours ago

    There was no violence in 1969. Nobody was killed. And why now Kwesi Pratt. Just after returning from SA. Some noko fioo happen for SA or what. Cheap and disappointing argument from you.

  • Ken 9 hours ago

    Studio and google journalists.
    Did you visit the areas of reported violence?
    You went on holiday to come and spew nonsense

  • Fromtomfrom 8 hours ago

    Pratt, this is a dubious interpretation of the Aliens Compliance Order by the pro-imperialist, anti-panafricanist Busia regime. The measure was not the result of agitation by the public to expel fellow Africans from Ghana. It ...
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  • Demion 8 hours ago

    RUBBISH !! mtcheew

  • Kwabena Gyamfi 6 hours ago

    People were not attacked in 1969 Alien's Compliance Order. It is also not true that hundreds or Nigerians died. It was an act by the then government to get non-Ghanians to regularise their stay. It was not violent and certain ...
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