Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will seek a meeting with Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, who has been quoted as calling foreigners criminals. "Minister Gigaba views the comments as unfortunate, and will brief the mayor on government’s policy and interventions in relation to the management of international migration‚" said a statement issued by his office on Monday. "The minister has repeatedly called on all leaders irrespective of their political allegiance to desist from making statements that could influence the public to adopt xenophobic attitudes. "All of us have the responsibility to act in a manner that does not incite any hatred towards other fellow human beings irrespective of where they come from. "I will seek a meeting with the mayor precisely to brief him on a number of interventions that government has implemented in this regard." The Sowetan newspaper reported last week that Mashaba told reporters in Johannesburg that foreign immigrants were here illegally. Masha...
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