Obasempire reports that Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has denounced the disruption of South African ride-hailing services and other enterprises in response to the online ‘order war.’
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Following a recent “order war” started by South Africans, Nigerian social media users triggered a rise in taxi fares in South Africa by coordinating ride-hailing drivers to gather at certain locations.
This response came after South Africans used X (formerly Twitter) to brag about intentionally wasting Nigerian drivers’ time by placing and canceling ride requests.
Many Nigerians escalated their reaction, targeting other South African businesses, including restaurants that accept payments on arrival, in a coordinated effort to disrupt operations as retaliation.
In a post on his X account, Sowore criticized the actions of Nigerians, labeling ‘Cyber Xenophobia’ as dangerously offensive as both mental and physical Xenophobia.
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He wrote, “I totally condemn the cyber war on South African internet infrastructure by a group of netizens from ‘Nigeria’ disrupting online transportation services for a majority of fellow Africans because of the misconduct of a few South Africans. It is unacceptable, and I want it stopped henceforth. “Cyber Xenophobia” is as dangerously reprehensible as mental and physical Xenophobia! There are millions of South Africans, as well as Nigerians in the diaspora, that would be adversely affected by this terrible conduct.”
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