{"id":707054,"date":"2019-09-17T06:57:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/17\/south-african-president-apologises-to-nigerians-over-attacks\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T06:57:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:57:02","slug":"south-african-president-apologises-to-nigerians-over-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/17\/south-african-president-apologises-to-nigerians-over-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"South African President Apologises To Nigerians Over Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly apologised to the Nigerian government over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_707217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-707217\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-707217\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa\" width=\"191\" height=\"263\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-707217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His public apology is coming few hours after a group in South Africa engaged in a peaceful protest to seek for forgiveness following the recent xenophobic attacks which led to the evacuation of some Nigerians in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0South Africans Beg Nigerians For Forgiveness Over Xenophobic Attacks (Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head of South Africa\u2019s special envoy, Mr Jeff Radebe tendered the apology on behalf of President Ramaphosa during a closed door meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2eutG3gmRM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly apologised to the Nigerian government over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. 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