Xenophobic attacks: South Africa rejects Ghana's claim over Ghanaian's killing
South Africa rejected Ghana's claim over a Ghanaian's killing on Thursday, July 2. South Africa's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, described the account provided by the Ghanaian authorities as "factually incorrect" and inconsistent with police investigations.
The Ghanaian government had indicated a Ghanaian citizen was fatally wounded on June 30 amid anti-immigrant protests. However, the South African government stated police investigations show the victim was attacked a day earlier, on June 29, at his workplace in Nyanga, Cape Town, in what is believed to be a criminal act unrelated to the demonstrations. According to the Western Cape Police, unknown armed men entered a barbershop, demanded money, and shot him. Minister Kubayi stated, "The Ghanaian national who was fatally wounded was attacked at his place of work on Monday, 29 June 2026, in an incident that the police suspect as a criminal act, which is totally not linked to the alleged demonstrations." She added that no deaths had been recorded in connection with the anti-immigrant demonstrations.
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