Notwithstanding the fact that he justified the barbaric xenophobic attacks South Africans made on Nigerians and other African nationals some few months ago, rapper AKA is seeking an unqualified apology from Nigerian singer Burnaboy.

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During the height of the xenophobic attacks, AKA condoned the act on Twitter, claiming that foreigners had indeed taken all available jobs from South Africans.

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As response, several Nigerian acts lambasted him, including who Davido unfollowed him on all social media platforms, and Burnaboy who threatened to beat him up and forfeit all SA shows.

READ ALSO: Xenophobia: South African Artists Protest Against Burnaboy Because They Were Sidelined While He Was Asked To Perform In Their Own Country

Well, a few months past, AKA is seeking an unfit apology from Burnaboy. His tweet;

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An act which suspiciously smells of rapper AKA, has some xenophobic South African musicians signing a needless petition to the Minister of Arts to have Nigerian star Burnboy sidelined at the upcoming Africa Unite concert slated for 23 and 24 November.

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Recall that Burnaboy had reacted during the xenophobic attacks and had threatened to beat SA rapper AKA, who condoned the act on Twitter.

The Africans Unite concerts, a response to recent xenophobia in the country is organised by Play Network Africa, based in Nigeria, in partnership with Phambili Media SA and enjoys the patronage of South Africa’s department of arts and culture.

It will feature Burna Boy, Kwesa and Jidenna, and other acts. The first concert will hold at Hillcrest Quarry in Cape Town on 23 November and the second at Sun Arena, Time Square in Pretoria.

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However, the Tshwane Collective questioned the exclusion of local artists and Burna Boy’s invitation to perform at the concert, accusing the African Giant of inciting hatred against South Africa, in the wake of the xenophobic attacks.

“Whoever may have deemed that the country needs a PR exercise of this nature would have done so largely as a result of the callous, misleading and unwarranted incitement by this very artist. Not only did he spread falsehoods through his extensive platform, he literally incited violence and hate.

He further promised to inflict his own violence on locals before giving your government an ultimatum which you seem to have received and succumbed to”, the group said in the letter to Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Art and Culture.

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The department of culture has however distanced itself from the concert and said that its logo had been used “erroneously” on posters advertising the event, Times Live reported.

“The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture wishes to dispel the untrue information currently being spread on social media, that it is funding the Africans Unite Concert featuring the artist known as Burna Boy. It is unfortunate that the department’s logo was erroneously used on the poster advertising the event,” spokesperson Asanda Magaqa told TshisaLIVE.

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was literally ‘booed’ and whistled at on Saturday during his speech at Zimbabwe ex-leader Robert Mugabe’s funeral before he apologized for recent xenophobic attacks.

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At least 12 people have been killed this month in a surge in violence and mob attacks against foreign-owned businesses in and around Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city.

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A wave of jeers, boos and whistles interrupted Ramaphosa at the Harare national stadium as he started his eulogy at the state funeral for Mugabe, who died age 95 last week.

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“I stand before you as a fellow African to express my regret and apologise for what has happened in our country,” Ramaphosa said after one of the organisers tried to calm the crowd.

His comments were met with cheers and blasts of sound horns from the crowd.

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South Africa, the continent’s second largest economy, is a major destination for other African migrants. But they are often targeted by some locals who blame them for a lack of jobs.

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But with shops and homes burned and looted and clashes between armed mobs of looters and police, hundreds of migrants from Mozambique and Zimbabwe have fled to shelters.

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Nigeria’s government has flown hundreds of its citizens back from Johannesburg after some of them were targeted in the violence.

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Following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals living in South Africa, especially Nigerians, the latter have began packing out of the country.

READ ALSO: South Africa’s Defense Minister Says They Can’t Stop Xenophobic Attacks

Already, 640 and counting Nigerians have been registered to leave in the first batch. In this video a bus is seen awaiting the Nigerians as they pack out of South Africa. Video below;

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South Africa’s Defense Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on Monday September 9 said the attacks against foreigners in South Africa was planned by criminals.

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Also commenting on the death of two people during a clash in Johannesburg CBD on Sunday September 8, Nosiviwe affirmed that the incident could have been avoided.

She told reporters that: “People are saying it is xenophobic attacks (but) it is not the first time we have had them in the past. Here, we have criminals that have read the situation and are aware that we have challenges right now.

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“We have talked on the issues of high rate of unemployment, of some foreign nationals who are not conducting themselves in an appropriate manner as we would expect, those breaking the bylaws of the country, and you now have criminal elements who have decided that we are going to use all of those things to find reasons to attack people. It is unfortunate and should not happen.

“The reality is that we need to have a serious dialogue about what is happening, we must take responsibility. The reality is that we are an angry nation and we must talk about it.

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“Why are we an angry nation? Why are we so determined to collapse our project of nation building and social cohesion? We need to hold hands together between government and all state entities and the civil society and find solutions to what is happening.”

The Defense Minister further described South Africa as an angry nation and also insisted that the government can’t prevent the violence.

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“The reality is that we have an angry nation. What’s happening can never be prevented by any government. This is well orchestrated by criminal elements. Nothing political whatsoever.

“People are saying some heads of state decided not to attend WEF; we should be talking about why this whole thing is coinciding with the World Economic Forum,” Mapisa-Nqakula said.

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