By 
Bisi ABASS
A South African group (Operation Dudula) through public notice and video clips on social media has announced a March against foreign migrants in South Africa from the 2nd of September.
The Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, alerted Nigerians living in South Africa of a planned attack on foreign nationals in a memo dated 24 August.
The consular section of the embassy in the memo advised “Nigerians living in South Africa, to be vigilant and exercise caution in their activities due
to the recent utterances of the proponents of the Operation Dudula and their threats to attack foreign nationals in this country.”
According to the memo, the march, is targeted at foreign business owners, shops and undocumented foreign nationals.
Recall that violent attacks on Nigerians and other Africans have regularly erupted in South Africa partly because some South Africans accuse foreigners of dealing drugs or taking their jobs.
In 2019, at least 10 deaths were recorded, including two foreigners, and many businesses were destroyed, prompting Nigeria to recall its ambassador while President Muhammadu Buhari sent a special envoy to South Africa.
The South African government who had largely blamed the attacks on criminals, later admitted that some of it was being driven by xenophobia.
The attacks led Nigeria to boycott the World Economic Forum in South Africa which was to be attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
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