I am South African, says ANC candidate Oyiya after being mocked for surname

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She has defended her nationality after her detractors on Twitter made mockery of her for carrying a surname that sounded Nigerian.

She had never travelled outside the country since she was born.

Oyiya said her mom was deeply worried that her daughter was accused of being a foreigner. I applied for my first ID at Queenstown Home Affairs. I am not a foreigner. I think if I am not mistaken I applied for my ID in 1993 and at the time I was doing standard nine,” she said. Oyiya’s interest in politics started when she worked for Telkom as a shop steward of the Communications Workers’ Union.

The ANC Greater Tshwane region has strongly condemned the social media commentary surrounding the nationality and Oyiya’s marital surname, saying they were “not only xenophobic in nature, but also seek to impugn her character and thus, her councillor candidacy of her ward”.

 

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