ANC's Ace Magashule Denies There's Xenophobia In South Africa

A top official from South Africa’ ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, has blamed the United States of America for the recent flare-up of xenophobia.

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule claimed that outside forces are working to divide South Africa and the African continent as a whole.

Addressing Sasco members at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, Magashule said that the violence taking place in South Africa is not xenophobia but the work of outsiders hell-bent on reversing the country’s successes as a democracy. He said: