More Backlash For South Africa As Air Tanzania Suspends Flights To Johannesburg

South Africa has continued to receive backlash from other African nations since news of the latest rounds of xenophobic attacks on foreigners in the country spread on social media.

According reports, Tanzania’s national carrier, Air Tanzania, on Thursday, announced suspension of its flights from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg over the recent spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

“You are aware that there is ongoing violence in South Africa whereby the youth have taken laws in their hands,” Tanzania’s Transport Minister Isack Kamwelwe told journalists in Dar es Salaam.

“Due to that, we have decided not to transport passengers to the destination where their lives will be in jeopardy,” said Kamwelwe.

The development is coming two days after the Football Association of Zambia called off an international friendly match slated for Saturday between its national team and Bafana Bafana in Lusaka.

The cancellation of the match was Zambia’s response to the attacks on foreigners in South Africa.

South African businesses in Nigeria and other African countries have also witnessed reprisal attacks.