Tiwa Savage Cancels Upcoming Performance In South African

"I refuse to watch the barbaric butchering of my people in SA," says Tiwa Savage.

Nigerian super star Tiwa Savage took to Twitter this morning to let the world know she was pulling out of the Delicious Festival happening this month in South Africa.

The recent attacks — influenced by xenophobia — targeted at foreign nationals, in South Africa, have garnered international condemnation. As a result, some artists who were scheduled for gigs in the country have revealed that they will no longer be performing.

It seems, for now at least, that the widespread xenophobia attacks and looting targeted at foreign-owned shops around Gauteng have come to an end.

President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the attacks on foreign-owned stores and vowed to work closely with the police and ministers in the security cluster to bring an end to the widespread violence we have bore witness to this past week.

“There can be no justification, whatsoever, about what people are having a grievance over, that they should go out and attack people from other countries,” the president exclaimed.

While police have made hundreds of arrests and restored law and order in most parts of the province, there has been a WhatsApp message that has been doing the rounds on social media about a planned riot in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 4 September.

Tiwa's announcement comes after a number of Nigerian artists condemned the xenophobic attacks that took place in South Africa in the past week. Burna Boy shared that he had never set foot in South Africa since 2017 because of the country's xenophobia. He promised to never come to South Africa ever again if the government doesn't take measures to protect Nigerians living in South Africa.

I refuse to watch the barbaric butchering of my people in SA. This is SICK. For this reason I will NOT be performing at the upcoming DSTV delicious Festival in Johannesburg on the 21st of September. My prayers are with all the victims and families affected by this.

— Tiwa Savage (@TiwaSavage) September 4, 2019