South African gqom artist, Babes Wodumo, has denied making nasty “xenophobic” tweets towards Africans resident in her country.

The singer in a statement said her Twitter account was hacked and the hacker is busy slandering her image and fighting her African brothers and sisters.

Wodumo made this clarification following some tweets fanning hatred and discord from her, Twitter handle.

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The singer further apologised for all the distasteful posts directed at Africans while categorically stating that she is against Xenophobia.

Her statement reads;

“As you all know my Twitter is hacked and what’s sickening is the fact that this person is busy fighting our African brothers and sisters on my Twitter.

I want to assure everyone I’m 100% against Xenophobia ngokwami ukubona if there’s a problem there must be another solution to solve it besides the brutal killing that’s happening in our country on top of that young girls are being raped and killed by men who think it’s okay to take advantage of a woman…

I’m deeply hurt by what this hacker is posting on my Twitter I have reported this matter but usizo angilutholi and the more I keep asking for help the more this hacker sees an opportunity to write nonsense…

I apologize to my fellow African brothers and sisters and I’ll definitely get this over and done with ASAP cause this person has changed my Twitter password I can’t deactivate it which is why I have been sending emails so they can help me deactivate it period!!

#Im against Xenophobia #Justice must be done against Rape and murder.”

Meanwhile, some alist Nigerian music artistes have come out to boycott South Africa after days of looting and violence targeting foreigners in which five people died.

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Zambia’s football team on Tuesday also cancelled their friendly match with Bafana Bafana of South Africa.

See some tweets on her timeline: