ed_ Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 (edited) The residents are angry with immigrants from neighbouring countries, who are accused of, among other things, taking their jobs away from them. The media write about at least 5 people killed as a result of self-judgement of the crowd, including 1 burned person. More: (1) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/world/africa/south-africa-immigrants.html (2) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49576397 (3) https://www.channelstv.com/2019/09/04/xenophobia-zambian-students-storm-south-africa-embassy-destroy-properties/ At the same time, there are loud protests against the massive scale of sexual and physical attacks on women. The last victim is a 19-year-old student, Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was kidnapped when she went to pick up the mail - the autopsy indicated that she was beaten to death. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49579682 In response to the attacks on foreigners: (1) Nigerians boycott and demolish shops owned by South African companies. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/04/africa/nigeria-protesters-attack-south-africa-stores-intl/index.html (2) Botswana and Lesotho have issued a travel alert warning prior to entering South Africa. http://www.702.co.za/articles/359830/african-countries-issue-travel-warnings-over-xenophobic-violence-in-sa (3) The President of Rwanda has withdrawn from the Economic Forum in Cape Town. Similar steps are being considered by the Presidents of the DRC and Malawi http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/rwanda-confirms-paul-kagame-will-no-longer-attend-wef/ (4) Zambia has cancelled a friendly football match http://www.702.co.za/articles/359830/african-countries-issue-travel-warnings-over-xenophobic-violence-in-sa Confronting the police with an aggressive crowd in Johannesburg: Edited September 4, 2019 by ed_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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