Johannesburg on edge as South Africa anti-migrant protests threaten foreigners

Johannesburg on edge as South Africa anti-migrant protests threaten foreigners



In South Africa, there’ve been months of anti-immigrant protests and tensions.
Thousands of undocumented migrants are desperately trying to leave the country, ahead of a June the 30th deadline set by activist groups.
Anti-migrant protests are planned for Tuesday and foreigners living across South Africa fear that they could be targeted.

Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.

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31 thoughts on “Johannesburg on edge as South Africa anti-migrant protests threaten foreigners

  1. Not being funny but this, is disgraceful.

    Fellow African States helped out South Africans greatly😢during apartheid…

    How can they be doing this to their fellow Africans😢?

    How quickly the mindset of a people can change in just a, few decades 😞.

  2. Black on black violence instigated amd funded by white capital monopoly imperialism via local black puppets……what a shame south africa

  3. 00:54
    Dang…even the "blame disease" is over there….. This fellow is full of privilege. Nobody forced him to migrate. His mind is "whiter than an Americans," and he didn't have to bleach his melanin away like Nigerians.

    Born
    Losers
    Always
    Make
    Excuses

  4. It's afrophobia not xenophobia.
    They are only targeting fellow Africans selling sweets on the streets. We have millions of undocumented whites, Chinese and Asians but they are not concerned about them. Other Africans countries citizens has forced their countries to chase away all south Africa companies. It's going to be the biggest economic revenge on South Africa companies never seen before. Already west Africa countries have called for closure of Mtn and all mining companies and banks. Just watch the karma from other Africans.

  5. Call it what it is the usual tribal hatred and violence you find everywhere in Africa. If it wasn't foreigners or whites they'd be targeting each other based on what tribe they were from.
    Primitive

  6. Nigerians need self-introspection. Countries like the UAE, Seychelles, and many more have a total ban on Nigerian passports. STOP the blame game. Tell your government to improve the livelihoods of the people of the slums of Makoko.

  7. Why should immigrants be excluded from South Africa? The Boer community built these towns, and South Africa reached it's zenith under the British Empire. All should be welcome. Natives cannot lash out at their rivals. They must share the land.

  8. Black South Africans, you can scapegoat, brutalise and get rid of poor African migrants who took nothing away from you all you want. That is NOT going to change anything. FIFTY years from now, you will STILL be drowning in the slew of your miserable cowardly existence. You deliberately choose to listen to highly deceitful, fraudulent, charlatans and grifters like Jacinta. Instead of holding accountable, your highly corrupt government that is stealing R80 Billion Rand a year from you in Public Sector Corruption annually, as well as Your Colonial Masters (your beloved White South Africans) who are stealing $62 Billion USD (R1.13 Trillion Rand) in Illicit Financial Flows (Private Sector Corruption) annually from you. What a bunch of hopeless morons and imbeciles!!

  9. Nigerians need self-introspection. Countries like the UAE, Seychelles, and many more have a total ban on Nigerian passports. STOP the blame game. Tell your government to improve the livelihoods of the people of the slums of Makoko.

  10. How long are they planning to stay in a country where the government does not issue papers? Now they play victim card while disgruntled citizens are the ones at fault for fixing their country. It is time they go home.

  11. It's time that we all fix our own problems. People from around the world should now stay and live in their countries of origin and fix the various problems themselves rather than migrating for economic reasons or accepting migrants because it's expedient and advantgeous in papering over the cracks for failed Government policy. I speak from the UK where we import thousands of migrants every year for economic and labor reasons but it also causes local tensions. It's time that we all fix our own problems.

  12. And every American, British, Australian, Canadian and European must be told to get out of South Africa as well, these countries have slammed the door on dark skinned South Africans from entering their countries and Asia, Africa, The Middle East and South America must stand up and shout, that these Western citizens must get out too, out of these regions back to their own countries This has become a worldwide race war between white skinned and dark skinned…..its about time the dark skinned folks in the world stood up to shake their fists in protest against this global injustice and racist attitudes.

  13. Al-Jazeera is peddling fake news. The anti-African terrorists in South Africa have been attacking ALL immigrants, mostly from the continent. Whether the immigrants possess documents doesn't seem to matter to the anti-African mob. We've seen multiple people display their immigration papers on camera while complaining about being the targets of senseless violence from the anti-African mob. By uncritically echoing the unverified accusations of the anti-African terrorists, Al Jazeera has chosen to become a platform for fake news. 🤡

    The Yeoville Market, from which the Al Jazeera reporter was reporting, is "exhibit one" (evidence) against fake news that immigrants are "stealing" South African jobs, as claimed by the anti-African mob. If immigrants were responsible for setting up that grocery store and importing the goods sold in it, they couldn't possibly be "stealing" South African jobs, now could they? Quite to the contrary, they are creating jobs, not "stealing" them. 🤦🏾‍♂

    It's not the first time anti-immigration terrorists have peddled fake news to justify their senseless violence. In Britain, anti-immigrant terrorists burned down neighborhoods in the name of "justice" for three girls stabbed by a "criminal alien" who they claimed was a Muslim. In reality, however, the alleged criminal was neither an immigrant nor a Muslim! Given the level of anti-African sentiment in South Africa, a more fitting name for the country is 'South Anti-Africa.' 🧐

  14. These are peaceful marches. Protests are meant to push the government to act, and the right to protest is protected by the constitution. What did they expect—are they disappointed there wasn’t blood and widespread looting? People on the receiving end just no longer want unknown, untraceable individuals in their neighborhoods anymore. It’s not a good idea.

  15. South Africa is losing ground. The ANC "leadership" and its Uk US friends is responsible IMO. South Africa is the only country in Africa paying social benefits. Calm down and work together

  16. You label it anti-migration when people on the ground in SA are screaming Anti-illegal immigrants. Nice one. Using words that make South Africans look bad instead of reporting news from a non biased standpoint as viewers would expect.

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