
•A MAN waves a stick in front of a burning piece of furniture during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein.
Picture courtesy of MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via GETTY IMAGES
By STEVEN ZANDE and HELLEN TEMBO –
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the wave of looting and violence against foreigners.
Mr Ramaphosa said attacks on foreign-run businesses were unacceptable and could not be tolerated in South Africa and called for an immediate stop to the attacks.
BBC reports this quoting Mr Ramaphosa’s video twit posted yesterday.
“Attacks on businesses run by foreign nationals is something totally unacceptable, something that we cannot allow to happen in South Africa. I want it to stop immediately.