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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 1 Mar 2017

    "We don't know how to explain the hatred against Nigerians to our children" says Johannesburg shop ownerhttp://bbc.in/2lWWTcT 

    10:25 AM - 1 Mar 2017
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    17 replies 83 retweets 50 likes
      1.  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿EugenePetit‏ @traumen351 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Someone has whipped up African on African hatred. Expose the whos and the whys

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      2. ahabzy 🇺🇬‏ @jahabzonomics 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        love one another as I have loved u Jesus said

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Shankurah‏ @SarahMthembu2 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @jahabzonomics @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        This is #FakeNews,Jesus never ever said anything in English.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @SarahMthembu2 @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        now I see the kind of person you are. Nigerians should do more in retaliation

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Shankurah‏ @SarahMthembu2 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @TimohJoseph @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Nigerians don't care about Nigerians,they are complaining about SA because of pride & Ego.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @SarahMthembu2 @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        did u ever hear SA ppl being killed in ngr? u want them 2 stay quiet as u kill their own

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. ahabzy 🇺🇬‏ @jahabzonomics 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @TimohJoseph @SarahMthembu2 and

        Jesus said love one another

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      2. God's Son‏ @ChuxEkere 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        bunch of ungrateful South Africans.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Shankurah‏ @SarahMthembu2 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ChuxEkere @BBCAfrica

        Bunch of criminal Nigerians.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Cortland Mayfair‏ @MayfairCortland 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        isn't Nigeria notoriously against gays?

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MayfairCortland @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        is this justification for xenophobic attacks? I'm not Nigerian but what you guys do is terrible

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Cortland Mayfair‏ @MayfairCortland 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @TimohJoseph @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        what goes around comes around.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MayfairCortland @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        good you say this. Wait then for what would come around

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Abdul‏ @Abu_Marzouq 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        when you teach them history about apartheid, then you'll mention Nigeria's contribution to their emancipation.

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      1. Haywhy‏ @owoeyehaywhy 2 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Its not about Nigerians. Its about the barbaric South Africans who always find unreasonable excuses to attack foreigners

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      1. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        South Africans are cowards. They seem to have forgotten their history so soon. Nigeria should retaliate accordingly

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      1. Samuel Obara‏ @realSamuelObara 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        I would like to listen to his story and more had you uploaded today's podcast.

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      1. Sou Eu‏ @__Sou_Eu__ 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I have to add though, that "criminals" deserve human rights too, and model minority and perfect victim narratives r dangerious @BBCAfrica

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      1. @Guyumnwanati‏ @HasaniMaluleke2 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        it makes me feel helpless to hate our fellow African brothers

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      2. God's Son‏ @ChuxEkere 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        After everything Nigeria did for South Africa during the apartheid era. After the 'Mandela tax'.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Josh‏ @TimohJoseph 1 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ChuxEkere @BBCAfrica

        they seem to forget their history so soon. Thugs!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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