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Anti-migrant violence in South Africa is a recurring pattern of weak policing, economic grievance and political scapegoating, not a sudden breakdown. The post Why Anti-Migrant Attacks Keep Returning in South Africa appeared first on The Rio Times.
South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries on the continent raced to repatriate their people. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson.
The attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.
A mob of about 50 people beat a foreign national to death on Thursday in South Africa’s port city of Durban, a flashpoint for anti-migrant sentiment, police said. Durban has been a focus of months of protests against foreign nationals, with looting and violence erupting after an anti-migrant march in the city two weeks ago. Thursday’s attack in the city centre was on the sidelines of a march, police said, without being able to say what the demonstration was about. Two men from the group...
South Africa's asylum directive was withdrawn after violence in Durban and Soweto, yet the Constitutional Court ruling remains binding on Home Affairs. The post South Africa Asylum Rules After the Unrest appeared first on The Rio Times.
Police in Durban were battling a fresh wave of anti-migrant unrest. Shops were looted, homes were torched and foreign nationals were targeted as crowds took to the streets for a second day. The violence has revived fears of rising xenophobic tensions over immigration.
Several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to shut in Johannesburg's Soweto and coastal city of Durban.