South African activist Victoria Africa, popularly known as Queen Vee, has reacted to criticism by Ghanaians over a video of her and other South Africans attacking a Ghanaian man and demanding that he leave their country.
Queen Vee, in a recent interview, defended her actions and those of her group, while taking a swipe at Ghanaians who are criticising their actions, including Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
She indicated that Ghanaians should be praising Ablakwa for criticising her group and demanding that the South African government protect Ghanaians living in their country.
The activist asserted that it is the fault of Ablakwa and other politicians in Ghana that Ghanaians would leave their country to do menial jobs like nail painting in South Africa.
“I have seen reactions from most of the citizens of Ghana, saying they are applauding their foreign minister because he is dealing with this matter, dealing with the South African government decisively, and Ghanaian people cannot be touched.
“The same people who cause Ghanaian people to migrate and come and do nails in a foreign country, today, you are applauding them. They are the reason why you have left Ghana because your government is failing to create opportunities in your country, but today you are defending them.”
She added, “So, what type of thinking and mindset is this that we see from African people?”
'Sack the Nigerians in Your Country': Watch full video of attack on Ghanaian by South Africans
About the attack:
In the said video, Queen Vee is captured saying they are no longer going to tolerate foreigners from other African countries staying in their country.
She said that Africans must learn to stay in their countries and fix their issues rather than travelling to other countries for greener pastures.
The group then asked the Ghanaian man, who has now been identified as Emmanuel Asamoah, to show them his passport, which led to him pulling out a document.
After he showed them the document, which was a “certified copy” of his passport, they accused him of buying it (the document) from a corrupt South African official.
The man, who looked dumbfounded, explained that he had a certified copy because he did not want the original one to get lost or destroyed.
However, the South Africans kept insisting that he was in their country illegally and should leave.
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Watch a video of her remarks below:
🇿🇦🇬🇭 “Your government is failing to create opportunities, forced you to migrate to cut nails abroad, yet you still defend them?”
— CDR AFRICA (@cdrafrica) April 28, 2026
— South African activist Queen Vee calls out Ghanaians amid rising economic frustration. pic.twitter.com/6gwhHSgSCJ
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