Benjamin Quarshie, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, has announced that a Ghanaian woman is struggling for her life in the ICU after she was assaulted by South Africans.
According to Benjamin Quarshie, the Ghanaian woman was brutally assaulted after she refused to give the South Africans who demanded money after seeing her documentation.
Speaking on the xenophobic attacks on Joy Prime on June 3, 2026, the High Commissioner stated, “There’s a Ghanaian that has been in ICU till now, beaten to pulp by these South Africans. When they went to her shop and asked for her documentation, she gave them the documentation.
“ Then they said, ‘Give us money’. She said, ‘No, but you asked for documentation. I’ve shown you the documentation. They said, ‘Why are you questioning us?’ She was beaten to a pulp and is struggling for her life as we speak in the ICU,” he said.
“So, it’s not been a decision that was lightly taken. It’s a decision that a lot went into before that decision was taken, and we think that sitting at the High Commission in Pretoria, I believe that this is the best thing that government has to do and government is doing,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has reacted to news of five Mozambicans being killed in South Africa’s xenophobic attacks.
Ablakwa, who conveys Ghana’s deepest and sincerest condolences to the Government and people of Mozambique on the loss of five of their nationals due to the ongoing xenophobic attacks, argued that critics who accused Ghana of overreacting and moving in too quickly to save Ghanaians will now better appreciate the Ghanaian government.
According to Ablakwa, the Mahama Administration does not gamble with the precious lives of Ghanaians.
In a post shared on X, Ablakwa wrote, “Ghana’s swift and responsible intervention should now be better appreciated by the critics who accused us of overreacting and moving in too quickly to save our citizens.
The Mahama Administration does not gamble with the precious lives of Ghanaians.
We convey our deepest and sincerest condolences to the Government and people of Mozambique on the loss of five of their nationals due to the ongoing xenophobic attacks, as confirmed by the Mozambican Government.
No African should ever be killed by fellow Africans on African soil.
May these condemnable acts never quench our Pan-African resolve for true African unity, full integration, free movement, common market and significant intra-African trade as Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah pioneered and sacrificed greatly for”.
Meanwhile, on June 7, 2026, another set of Ghanaian nationals in South Africa will be evacuated from the country following the xenophobia attacks.
Following the announcement, the Ghana High Commission in South Africa has released the official list of the second batch of evacuees scheduled to return home on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
In a recent notice, the Ghanaian community in South Africa, the High Commission outlined arrangements for applicants whose evacuation requests have been approved.
The mission details that all approved evacuees scheduled to travel on June 7 are required to report to the High Commission on the evening of Saturday, June 6, for verification, briefing and other pre-departure formalities.
They also urged persons whose names are on the list and who no longer intend to travel to inform the High Commission by noon on Thursday, June 4, to create an opportunity for other eligible applicants to join the flight.
The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria also detailed that each traveller will be permitted two checked bags, with a maximum weight of 23 kilograms per item.
Watch the video below:
There is a Ghanaian in the ICU. She was beaten by South Africans after she refused to give them money, even after showing them her documentation – H.E. Benjamin Quarshie, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa #PrimeMorning pic.twitter.com/LUcunhUD1g
— Joy Prime (@JoyPrimeTV) June 3, 2026
