The article is a right of reply to Azu Ishiekwene's piece on South Africa, acknowledging his question about the hostility Bafana Bafana faced and agreeing that the World Cup answered it. It examines a figure regarding eight verified deaths of Africans linked to xenophobic attacks since June 2026, noting that the source appears to be a statement by Nigeria's High Commissioner, Femi Fani-Kayode, about the seventh and eighth Nigerians murdered in South Africa in 2026. The author points out that this is a different and larger claim: Nigerian deaths across a year, not African deaths since June. Fani-Kayode further states that more than 100 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa since 2022, over 30 of them allegedly by police or soldiers.
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