International Relations Minister Pandor Calms Waters After Wave Of Xenophobic-Fuelled Violence

Riyaz Patel

The South African government is doing all it can to return calm tensions, International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor reassured ambassadors in Pretoria following attacks on foreign nationals in some parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

“We had discussions on the recent events against foreign nationals in South Africa to reassure them that government is taking all the measures it can in order to ensure that we return stability and calm to our country,” said the International Relations and Cooperation Minister (DIRCO) Minister.

Pandor said the meeting with the ambassadors also discussed steps to prevent such scenes from playing out in the future.

“We felt it vital that we create a platform for ongoing collaboration between ourselves and the embassies because they best know their nationals who are in South Africa,” she said.

“[They] can assist us in reaching out to them and in building what I call bridges that