{"id":295491,"date":"2026-06-07T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/south-africa-denounces-spectacles-of-ghana-repatriations\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:30:41","slug":"south-africa-denounces-spectacles-of-ghana-repatriations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/south-africa-denounces-spectacles-of-ghana-repatriations\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa denounces \u2018spectacles\u2019 of Ghana repatriations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>JOHANNESBURG \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;South Africa on Saturday warned Ghana it would &#8220;not tolerate public spectacles&#8221; in the evacuations of Ghanaian citizens from the country over anti-immigrant tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana organised repatriation flights for hundreds of its nationals last month in response to a wave of protests and violence targeting foreigners in South 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