The Nigerian foreign minister, Ojo Maduekwe, says he will press the South African government to compensate those Nigerian citizens who were victims of the xenophobic attacks that have been occurring. The Nigerian Mission has already assembled a list with the names of their citizens who lost their properties or had their shops looted. No Nigerians were killed in the attacks. Along with the South African Red Cross and other relief agencies, they have been providing aid to those affected.

South Africa’s deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, apologized for the events for the first time, and expressing the government’s concern with the situation, while in a visit to Nigeria. Furthermore, he stated that the government rejects the view that the social problems occurring in the country are a consequence of the immigration.