South Africa is witnessing an intense surge in anti-immigrant sentiment as the Ramaphosa government implements a sweeping immigration crackdown. Facing severe domestic economic pressures, including a 30% unemployment rate and strained public infrastructure, the government has arrested over 40,000 undocumented migrants in 2026 alone. To curb the financial burden, Pretoria is considering a proposal to bill foreign nations for the deportation costs of their citizens. The situation has become volatile, prompting travel warnings from the US, the UK, and Australia. Adding to the international anxiety is an unauthorised June 30 deadline issued by a grassroots movement demanding that undocumented foreigners leave or face a national shutdown. While the government has rejected the rogue deadline and promised human-rights-compliant enforcement, migrant communities remain deeply shaken amidst fears of escalating street violence.
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Employers are also exploiting illegal foreigners paying them peanuts.
South Africans are AFROPHOBIC, not xenophobic.
….It’s About TIME…..Smart Very Smart…Economy Stupid,Passport Stupid,Visa Stupid….ENTITLEMENT SHIT HOLD….Poor MAMA AFRICA….CORRUPTION STUPID…
It's about time!
That’s BS. Every country on the planets foots the bill in such situation when they don’t want foreigners. It’s not foreign countries meant to pay, it’s the country that doesn’t want foreigners.
Other countries should send the bills of the cost of their business that where looted to the South African government, if they don’t pay, the countries should bake sure that South Africa companies in their country pays.
We spend over R4.7billion in foreign prisoners a year. Who does the world expect to pay for the world delinquents?
That is a nonsense headline. Countries export and import goods, I don't know what tarris we charged on their criminals.
Try find new way to bait for views. Good stories would be a good start.
It is not the duty of other countries to secure their borders nor manage their immigration services. Their criminal selves should be more concerned about following human right and international laws !! They are being DUMB.
There's no xenophobia in South Africa.
Not undocumented immigrants but foreigners
Is Ramaphosa Khoikhoi or Khoisan? Asking for a friend. 😂👀
😂😂😂…. Our corrupt.. racist government.. The ANC even trying to take Elon Musk money 😂😂😂🎉
❤this is beautiful
I told people that the government support the street violence against foreigners. They should control their borders, charge their Officers to stop illegal immigration and stop blaming foreign government, it's SA government failure
Ramaphosa was a huge critic of Trump, yet he's doing the same thing Trump has been trying to do! Hypocrite! Where's Greta Thunberg? 😂
That new now they calls us rapist very funny
GOD BLESS TRUMP…♥️🙏🙏
Trump is setting up Gaza style prison camps for American Jewry, in the form of ICE centers. He is NOT deporting. The issues in South Africa were caused by the Jewish Minister of Home Affairs (immigration control) Leon Schreiber who is refusing to deport foreign criminals and illegal immigrants despite South Africa having a 70% local unemployment rate. Jews make up less than 4% of the population in South Africa, so he wheeled and dealed to get that position and now is being corrupt.
30 June is coming ✊️ some will face the consequences
Expel SA from Africa Union! You guys are indebted to all African nations who stood against aparthied!
THEN ONLY IN SOUTH AFRICA YOU CALL IT XENOPHOBIA, NOT IN AMERICA AND THE UK EVEN IF IS SIMILAR CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS. THE ENTIRE BIBLE REJECTS HYPOCRITES. THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.
Which African country will do that nonsonso 😢😢
This station is peddling a propaganda of their own pockets
Action SA is the cause
It's because the devil deceives leaders and then people follow into conflict, violence, prison, hell, horror and their death…the negative consequences won't be explained to people,so they follow blindly. It will be hard for the people of South Africa to recover their reputations…but if you have been led into a bad situation,all you can do is to educate others not to make the same mistake and to overcome evil with good. Not all are guilty of these attacks either,but as usual criminals will do the worst. Criminals are among all, causing hardships on all, causing harm and having all associated with these things
SA cannot support millions of foreigners here. No one invited them here. They got shops so why must SA pay for them to go home.
I hate this channel. You say we Xenophobic yet no one has been killed. Mxm
Why you not say UK and USA ARE XENOPHOBIC, screw you and the WORLD IS INDEED WATCHING
We should report this channel 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 to be taken down forever
He forgets about those who assisted south Africa to end apartheid, freedom south Africa is enjoying today is a result of various countries contribution in Africa, Europe has one currency and open borders for themselves, can't he help those who are weak, copy and paste don't fit Africa, south Africa do not know what awaits them in the future, every nations rise and fall and no empire stands forever, let them help their fellow Africans if they can, they are one people, if all Africa turn their back at south Africa they will fall, they should know that they are on Africa continent and not Europe
Illegal immigrants being forced to leave SA
All South Africans are not xenophobia, there is some group of people who's doing that
The legacy of a white minority's control over much of South Africa's wealth and resources has left deep frustrations in society. Sadly, some South Africans have redirected that anger toward African immigrants and refugees, blaming and victimizing them instead of confronting the structural inequalities at the root of the problem. Shame on those who target the vulnerable rather than the powerful.
Deport them and get rid of BEE and economy will grow if ANC doesn't steal the money.
No country must accept the bill
Its called "people uniting on Anti-ILLIGAL IMMAGRATION."
Which country can be safe harboring more than 5 million undocumented people?