South Africa ladies Married to Nigerians Protest against Intimidation

Some South African women married to Nigerian men staged a peaceful protest on Friday on the streets of Johannesburg.the women,under the aegis of the United Nigerian Wives in South Africa,were protesting against alleged intimidation and discrimination by the officials of the Home Affairs department.
 
One of the organisers, Mrs Lindehwa Uche said that the body is made up of South African women married to Nigerian citizen, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Union of South Africa (NUSA).
"South African women married to Nigerian citizens have come to realise that our marriages are nothing but fraud and corruption in the eyes of Home Affairs and Immigration officials,'' Uche said.
She said the protest was to demand for their rights as South Africa citizens over freedom of choice of marriage and association.

"We need to be treated with respect and dignity irrespective of our choice of marriage partners as the South African constitution provides for inherent dignity and right to ensure their dignity is protected.
"We want to put an end to the current situation where those of us married to Nigerians are being called names such as 'prostitutes', and insulted in the presence of our children, when we visit the immigration offices, to renew documents for our husbands,