Jancita Ngobese-Zuma, the leader of the March-and-March movement, the South African group demanding that Ghanaians and other African nationals leave their country, has expressed her disappointment in the government of Ghana.

Speaking in a video clip from a recent press conference in South Africa, Ngobese-Zuma accused the government of Ghana of blowing issues out of proportion to make her country look bad.

She claimed that the government has been accusing members of her group of beating up Ghanaians living in South Africa, which is absolutely false.

She said that the video clip, which showed a member of March-and-March, Victoria Africa, confronting a Ghanaian who was living in South Africa illegally, did not show any violence as claimed by the government.

“I think the Ghanaian government really overreacted. I think it's disappointing, man. I think we've had a lot of respect for Ghana as a country and for the people of Ghana, and we still do. But for them to react in the way that they did is largely dishonest. Because for them to claim that there were people who were beaten up when they know there were no people beaten up, and for the Minister of Police to even echo that is absolutely ridiculous.

“What we saw in that video was Victoria Africa talking to someone who had broken the laws of the country - coming in legally and staying illegally, which is something a lot of foreign nationals do. And instead of them addressing that issue in a correct manner, to say, listen, we noted that there's a citizen of ours in the country who has broken the laws… these are our concerns, etc., etc.,” she said.

She added, “They decided to do a whole PR exercise that would paint South Africa as xenophobic, very disappointing.”

The leader of March-and-March said that a number of Ghanaians are now confessing that they are in South Africa illegally, which should be the subject of discussion.

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Watch a video of her remarks below:

“The Ghanaian government overreacted. We have a lot of respect for the people of Ghana, but for them to claim that their people were beaten up when they were not is largely dishonest.”

— Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, leader of the March and March Movement in South Africa, asserts that… pic.twitter.com/0foKBgH3PE

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