According to Nana, she used what she has to get what she needs after her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her midway following lies told against her by jealous friends. Her words: "My boyfriend whom I met when I went to visit an uncle who was sponsoring my education. We had agreed to get married as soon as possible. Then some people i regard has a friends started peddling wicked lies against me without confirming if they were saying was true or false, he called it quits just like that. They told him I had an incurable disease. So, i decided to help myself because my parents cannot do anything for me. We are poor. My father used to be a driver but now he is unemployed while my mother is a full time housewife. Sometimes, she sells vegetables", They were paying me GH¢150 a month and you work late hours. But if you go out to hustle in the night, you can get that kind of money within a day or two. About 600 men slept with me from last year
'The reality is that we have an angry nation. What's happening can never be prevented by any government," she said.
According to her the death of two people during the clash in Johannesburg CBD on Sunday September 8 could have been avoided but that it was well orchestrated by criminal elements. She however, said the xenophobic attack were not politically motivated.
"people are saying some heads of state decided not to attend WEF; we should be talking about why this whole thing is coinciding with the World Economic Forum," Mapisa-Nqakula said. She said: "people are saying it is xenophobic attacks but it is not the first time we have had them in the past; here, we have criminals that have read the situation and are aware we have challenges right now.
"We have talked on issues of high rate of unemployment, of some foreign nations who are not conducting themselves in an appropriate manner as we would expect, those breaking the bylaws of the country, and you now have criminal elements who have decided that we are going to use all of those things to find reasons to attack people. "It is unfortunate and should not happen. The reality is that we need to have serious dialogue about what is happening and we must take responsibility. The reality is that we are an angry nation and we must talk about it. "Why are we an angry nation? Why are we so determined to collapse our project of nation building and social cohesion? We need to hold hands together between government and all state entities and the civil society and find solutions to what is happening," Mapisa-Nqakula added (NAN).
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