[TRENDING VIDEO] Mixed reactions follow as Nigerian, South African lawmakers clash over xenophobia at Malawi Conference
Social media has been buzzing over a viral video at the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference in Malawi, where Nigerian lawmakers called recent attacks on foreigners in South Africa xenophobia and demanded investigations. South African delegates rejected the label, insisting discussions include illegal immigration and border enforcement.
The heated exchange, captured in videos, highlighted ongoing strains between the nations over migrant violence and protection, with no unified statement reached.
Click the link to watch the video.
Here are some reactions:
Qfidel (@qfidelfill): Now we’re fighting each other at every level, we’ve let them win again….divided like never before, this is shameful.
Phila J. MADONDO (@PhilaJMadondo): We’re dealing with animals here, that’s what we should remember whenever we interact with them.
nasiphi ngantweni (@nasiphin…): Dog eaters are acting brave and loud but they can’t even liberate their own people from extreme poverty, bandits and boko haram
Sibu Zulu (@ZuluSibu87353): Why can’t Nigerians just avoid coming here and just go elsewhere? It’s evident we don’t want them. There is no country that wants them especially here. We cannot coexist.
papa mofokeng (@papaorpapa): Our sisters are entertained by them and becomes our brothers in law, Nigerians produced kids here in South Africa with your celebrities and our kids influencers. My point is that they are here to stay
Proudly SA🌟✨ (@NewSigwi…): Damn they have got the nerve and they too much loud maan 🚮🚮
GABRIEL CHUKWU (@GChu…): Nigerian representatives here should not engage in any banter with the SA representatives. You don’t run after a màd person who takes your clothes while you’re bath!ñg otherwise they’ll be two màd person’s running.
Sexiest Asantenii 😇❤️TM (@…): SA people don’t know that Nigerians are extremely violent people ? You don’t attack em and don’t expect em to not react like the same way
Pharoah (@ZPharoah10): People keep preaching unity as if any region in the world is united, the Middle East is constantly at war, Asia is at war, Europe had world War and us currently fighting in Ukraine, the America’s hate each other, were the fuck did you get this african unity nonsense. Go home.
South African Made 🇿🇦 (@Big…): Nigerians are pathetic to say the least. They flap their mouths to the wrong country instead of Tinubu. These people are not mentally okay like the rest of us. 🇿🇦
Lightsout (@k_tlali): In this era its a blessing to be South African.
50 NlGGAS (@NketePK): Look at this polar bear of Nigerians with curtains, he doesn’t see different between clothes and curtains yet they’re yelling when talking useless animals.
USAFactCheckers (@usa4fa…): Very Proud of the Nigerian MPs👏This is how you do it to their faces👋:They are xenophobic & Afrophobia: Did you hear what they’re saying? The South Africa🇿🇦usual ‘hypocrisy’ after killing Africans, beating up Africans.They play their hypocrisy game respect us,don’t bully us.Vsek
Jedidiah (@Soleex55): Na only world leaders can settle this problem with SA and Naija
Khabeeb (@Bigdwith): Why no Northerners no Dey there?! Slap fr Don Dey fly since
Nigerian (@Etta_peter1): Can we just send only 60million Nigerians to invade South Africa and end the country.. It won’t change Nigerians population or take us anything to achieve this. If we have their time.. that country will not exist again both their white and Blacksb
Makobelaw (@makobelaw52…): What is so special about Nigerians what and who are they in our country other than being drug dealers. All Nigerians should be banned from coming to South Africa 🇿🇦 they are full of nonsense.
conquered_youth (@conquer…): Zoogarians think they are tough these things will continue to be moered by south africa daily and I am all for it
love your people (@Teduntsho): You can’t argue with yahoo boys who are high on corruptionand drugs. They can only defend their criminally exported trades than the young girls who get kidnapped by their Boko boys. The poor in the villages are neglected by these religious idiots in Nigeria
Don’t make me wait! (@Bras…): It’s not only their citizens who are loud and entitled, am not even surprised why they not this loud when it comes to fixing home,these 2 nations just need to cut ties..nothing good ever comes out of their engagement they just 2 delusional 🙄🙄
Karabo H (@KaraboJavas): Fighting for your Nigerian citizens to overstay their 90 day tourist Visas. Some came in 2010 for the World Cup and never left. They can scream and shout but they will eventually leave SA. Don’t take our humility for stupidity.
Betty (@BettyM__): Organisers responsible for seat allocation! Why did they let both delegates sit close to each other..mmmh…they invited this.
Alvan UD (@AlvantegaU): The colonial masters keep using us cos of bigot, they knows that we African can’t have a consensus
Nicholas K. Botwe (@nickbot…): A healthy argument because South Africa did way too much with some of their leaders trying to defend the barbaric behaviors.
Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬 (@dipoaina1): I think we should invade this country for good.😌 Or better still support the upcoming Apartheid 2.0
clement Davids (@clementDa…): SA ppl stood up against criminals that came to destroy a country. Ppl are welcome, but u can’t came and be involved in criminal activities. Our country is in a mess we never build up from the apartheid and for that we blame our government [ANC]. If u don’t care, we care.
clement Davids (@clementDa…): That same Nigerian MP’s should go and look at what a mess there country is and how there ppl is suffering. So what does that make them, they live in nice houses with everything well there ppl struggling. Christian ppl are killed in there country and they talk about SA.
clement Davids (@clement…): B4 u accuse a country, open your back door and see all the skeletons in your backyard. How many killings of innocent ppl is happe within your country and u accuse another country while your country is messed up. And it benefits u if they leave and commit crimes in other countries
Gatliso Nyoni (@GatlisoNyo31…): Nigeria they don’t have listening skills and they need to be kicked out for good cause they destroy the whole world with their drugs 💯🫣
Blomo🌸 (@Blomo13): Even MPs want to lv in South African 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
LAGOS IGBO INDIGENE (@C…): Nigeria has no business continuing any form of diplomatic relationship with SA under black government, the hatred is raw hence a whole minister can describe the homes of all Nigerians in SA on a national TV as drug dens. the xenophobic killings of Nigerians was a govt agenda
Mhlophe 🇿🇦 (@Siya_Mhlots…): The pitbull dog meat boiling in their stomach, they deserve to be escorted to the nearest airport. We can’t accommodate creatures.
Phakiso Thafeng (@PhakisoT…): Man them Nigerian just loud with no country being fixed and dogs being ate bro
Ntombi Black (@black_ntombi): Nigerians are always loud when it’s anything conflict and violence related. They are silent when it comes to governing and delivering results for their people.
Proletariat (@KompanyERA_): They travel hundreds of km to insult us abroad. Meanwhile their currency collapses, industries idle, their youth flee because home offers nothing. SA is far from perfect — but our reps don’t pick fights while our economy burns. That level of failure is uniquely theirs
Sids❤️ (@sidsthequeen): All this noise just because they don’t wanna except that they are not welcome in Sa illegally and we will not tolerate their brothers coming here to commit crime. In that case yes we are xenophobic because we trying to protect our country.
Mish Kekana (@lod1kk): We don’t want Nigerians in our country documented or undocumented This country doesn’t belong to ANC The country belongs to us the people Nigerians must leave our country.