Ghana rejects South Africa request for Ramaphosa state visit over xenophobia

But in response, the South African authorities have denied that the killing of Isak was related to the anti-immigrant crisis, dismissing Ghana’s claim as “factually incorrect” and “not based on fact.

As diplomatic relations between Ghana and South Africa continue to take different twists and turns following growing xenophobia and Afrophobia in the latter, the Ghana government has sternly rejected a request for a state by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Ghana did not only house and educated South African anti-apartheid activists, the country supported international activities to end apartheid.