The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has temporarily suspended registrations for its voluntary repatriation programme after receiving more than 1,500 applications. The pause, effective from June 2, will allow officials to verify and process existing submissions, with authorities assuring citizens that the exercise remains ongoing and will reopen for new registrations at a later date.

Ghanaian authorities have suspended new registrations for a programme helping citizens return home from South Africa, following an overwhelming response from applicants.

As Ghanaian citizens are evacuated from South Africa, xenophobia is again casting a shadow over the Rainbow Nation.