Gauteng celebrates Africa Day

During a provincial legislature sitting, Premier Makhura said he met with more than a hundred delegates representing African migrants in the province to discuss their issues.

He said delegates want South Africans to know that many migrants were here to make a living and not to commit crimes,

"These fellow Africans agree that due processes of the law should be respected in coming into our country. They are deeply worried and angered by those among them who are involved in drugs and other criminal activities that taint the good name of their nationalities. They say all those involved in these dastardly criminal activities are not doing it in their name and they must be prosecuted," he said.

Makhura said some still fear xenophobic attacks 

"Many live in fear of the outbreak of xenophobic violence. We must continue to say 'No to Xenophobia, not in our name', as millions of South Africans did during last year's marches,"? he said.

Like racism, the Gauteng government said xenophobia must be condemned and rooted out.