International Relations Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has called for an urgent meeting with African ambassadors in Pretoria to discuss the current spate of violence targeting foreign nationals and their properties.
The department says the minister has expressed serious concern about the situation, and called on law-enforcement agencies to deal with criminals, adding that those damaging properties would face the full might of the law.
It says the South African government acknowledges the significant contribution and sacrifices made by the African continent for South Africans to be free and be liberated from the apartheid government.
On Thursday, the government said that it was concerned about the reported attacks on foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal.
Last week, more than 150 foreigners living in an informal settlement in Clare Estate in Durban had to flee the area, after they were attacked by a group of men.
Several messages are doing the rounds, warning of protests against the employment of foreign nationals in South Africa.
