Anti-Migrant Protesters Apprehended After March Turns Violent
The writer says visitors and foreigners often misunderstand safety, power cuts and daily life, while travelers find airports, restaurants and fiber speeds surprising.
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Three foreigners injured in South Africa anti-migrant march
Police said the three sustained injuries when protesters began looting shops in Kranskop, some 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the eastern city of Durban. The post Three foreigners injured in South Africa anti-migrant march appeared first on Vanguard News.
What foreigners get wrong about South Africa
Every time I mention South Africa to people abroad, the same handful of myths surface within minutes. They picture safaris outside every window, a single language, or a country too unstable to function. Having lived overseas for years before returning, I’ve had to correct these assumptions more times than I can count, usually over a glass of wine and a lot of patience. The safety narrative is the one that frustrates me most. Visitors often arriv…
Three foreigners were injured in South Africa when a demonstration against irregular migrants on Wednesday degenerated into violence in a small town in the KwaZulu-Natal, said the police of that province, at the epicentre of this less intense but persistent movement. The campaign against irregular immigration, launched by groups and which has been working in that country for months, has already been tainted by xenophobic violence resulting in th…
South African Factories Face Post-Protest Shortages
Anti-immigrant protests in South Africa have driven thousands of foreign workers out of the country, leaving rows of sewing machines idle across the manufacturing hub of Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal. The March and March led the xenophobic campaign to clear jobs for South Africans in a nation facing a 33 percent unemployment rate. However, local manufacturers now struggle to fill critical vacancies previously held by foreign workers. Factory owners…
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