This archive report was first published on 2 January 2020.
Published on January 2, 2020, veteran South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka has spoken out against xenophobia, calling on Africans to shun the intolerance taking root in the economic powerhouse.
Chaka Chaka made the remarks 48 hours after she was turned away from entering Uganda over visa issues. She reiterated that her compatriots are loving people who have over the years lent a helping hand to many African nations.
"South Africans are not bad people. We have helped our brothers, but sometimes we forget that we are all human, we are African," said Chaka Chaka.
She went ahead to affirm how other countries reciprocated the gesture and helped them during the nation's dark days, decried the intolerance taking root in the economic powerhouse, and expressed her concern over the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
"I don't know what South Africa is getting into. You do not live or work alone, we are dependent on each other. Other nations helped us when we were in need but now it seems like we are at war with our own," she added.
Chaka Chaka's remarks come after her daughter Fortune lost everything after her shop in Maboneng, Johannesburg was targeted, looted, and destroyed in an attack allegedly motivated by xenophobia.
