George Charamba Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/george-charamba/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 George Charamba Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/george-charamba/ 32 32 Xenophobia could dominate SADC summit https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/xenophobia-could-dominate-sadc-summit/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/xenophobia-could-dominate-sadc-summit/ Zimbabwe officials say they’re not able to stop anger over xenophobic attacks in South Africa dominating a SADC summit opening in Harare today. President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba says the gathering’s meant to plan industrial growth for the region but it’s up to heads of state to decide whether violence against foreigners in South […]

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]]> Zimbabwe officials say they’re not able to stop anger over xenophobic attacks in South Africa dominating a SADC summit opening in Harare today.
President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba says the gathering’s meant to plan industrial growth for the region but it’s up to heads of state to decide whether violence against foreigners in South Africa is brought up.
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Xenophobic violence in South Africa this month claimed victims from Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.
The presidents of all three of these countries are in Harare with President Jacob Zuma this morning.
Even sticking to the subject of industrialisation could bring up the violence because it is why so many citizens of neighbouring countries head for South Africa, the continent’s most sophisticated economy, to find work.

 

 

 

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