South Africa Anti-Migrant Mobs Roam Streets
Police warned anti-immigration groups as 55 shacks were torched and hundreds of foreigners fled to shelters, officials and residents said.
- Hundreds of foreign nationals are sheltering in community halls across South Africa's Western Cape after mobs went door-to-door demanding they leave the country.
- Violence exploded last weekend in Mossel Bay, 250 kilometres up the coast, where mobs torched 55 shacks after an anti-illegal migrant group set a June 30 ultimatum for undocumented migrants to leave.
- The South African police reported two people from Mozambique were killed "during activities associated with anti-foreigner demonstrations," as Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili warned groups on Wednesday against taking the law into their own hands.
- Many migrants, including Mozambican Lado Amido in Kleinmond, fled to the mountains to escape intimidation, while Ghana has already repatriated 300 of its citizens and Nigeria announced emergency evacuation flights.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the violence before Parliament on June 2, though xenophobic attacks remain a recurring problem often fueled by political rhetoric blaming immigrants for unemployment.
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eNCAAnti-migrant violence leaves even South Africans living in fear
The coastal town of Mossel Bay along South Africa’s Western Cape was the site of last week’s anti-migrant rampage. Nineteen-year-old South African Nhlamulo Sambo died amid that violence. His family say he was attacked because he was Tsonga and blame his death on what they call a “tribal war."
Another country warns citizens to be careful in SA
As foreign nationals continue to leave South Africa in large numbers, Namibia has urged its citizens to “remain vigilant and seek consular assistance if needed” amid unrest. In recent weeks, anti-illegal immigrant protests across several provinces in South Africa have escalated to the point of requiring police intervention, after demonstrators began openly threatening the safety of foreign nationals and their property. One of the organisations a…
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