Xenophobia: NLC calls on South African unions to protect migrants

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called for contiguous measures to code rising xenophobic attacks against African migrants successful South Africa, urging the Congress of South African Trade Unions, COSATU, to motorboat a large-scale consciousness run to support migrant workers.

In a missive dated May 7, 2026, and addressed to the enactment of COSATU successful Johannesburg, NLC President Joe Ajaero condemned caller incidents involving the sidesplitting of African migrants and demolition of their businesses.

Ajaero described the attacks arsenic a effect of worsening economical conditions and ineffective authorities policies, stressing that African workers should not beryllium turned against 1 another.

“We cannot assertion to combat for the moving people portion allowing a conception of that people to beryllium hunted similar chaotic animals,” helium stated.

The labour person urged COSATU to pb extended sensitisation efforts successful communities, unions and workplaces to antagonistic narratives blaming migrants for unemployment and poverty.

“We indispensable break, erstwhile and for all, the racist story that a chap achromatic African from crossed a assemblage borderline is our enemy,” Ajaero added.

The NLC besides criticised what it described arsenic the ina...