Migrants have less than two weeks to “get out” of South Africa.
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The deadline has been set by protesters after waves of anti-migration marches and violent scenes have swept across the country in recent months.
Some people have been killed and there have been reports of vigilante groups carrying out xenophobic attacks.
Four countries have already sent planes and buses to get their nationals out of the country.
The reasons for the latest protests are complex – but many are pointing to South Africa’s high levels of unemployment and growing inequality.
In this episode of the breakdown, Channel 4 News examines why the protests are happening and we speak to Daniel Steyn, from the GroundUp news agency in South Africa, about what happens next.
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0:00 Introduction
0:53 South Africa’s ‘deadline’
2:20 Migration in numbers
3:18 History of xenophobia
4:19 Princess’ story
5:16 What’s causing the crisis?
5:36 Interview with Daniel Steyn
You're guest there is reporting nosense we ask the government to chase everyone who got no valid papers to be in the country like Pakistanis, Bangladesh and Africans as well. So that is not xenophobia it patroitism
This defeats the notion behind South Africa taking Israel to ICJ. What a hypocrisy!
There are 2.4 million to 2.6 million immigrants currently living in South Africa. Meanwhile, CITIES like London and Paris have 3 million foreign born residents. Let that sink in.
Just an observation: why there are no attacks on Indian, Pakistani business? why only blacks from other African countries?
Daniel Steyn survives off donations from the Open Society🚩
George Soros
As usual, the British msm is compromised by their globalist marxist masters
Any violence after the 30th June would serve their purpose.
He's playing games
Please show us those videos of those that have been killed
Ramaphosa is a useless leader. His speeches are not worth the iPad battery usage.
Ubuntu manifest
Can Someone help me in this, If an individual has the necessary documents to stay in South Africa , Is He/she allowed to stay or are they also Deported?
This is how western countries should treat it's Muslim problems.
As a Jamaican, it pains my heart to see what is happening in South Africa today. Many of us in the diaspora once raised our voices, applied pressure, and stood firmly against the white apartheid government because we believed in justice, freedom, and dignity for Black South Africans. The struggle against apartheid was never seen as South Africa’s struggle alone; it was a shared African and diasporic struggle. That is why it is so painful now to see some of the very youths who inherited that freedom turning against fellow Africans.
The Afrophobia that exists among some of these youths is deeply troubling, especially when that same hostility is not always shown toward people who do not look like them. Instead of directing their frustration at the systems that continue to produce poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption, and hopelessness, too much of the anger is being turned against Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Malawians, Mozambicans, Congolese, and other Africans who are also trying to survive. It is heartbreaking to see Black people who share similar histories of struggle treating each other as enemies.
The question remains: why? Why should Africans fight Africans when the real enemy is poverty, poor leadership, exploitation, and the unfinished work of economic justice? South Africa’s freedom was supported by people across Africa, the Caribbean, and the wider diaspora. To now see fellow Africans being attacked and rejected is not only painful; it is a betrayal of the spirit of unity that helped bring apartheid to an end. No African nation can truly rise while tearing down another African people.
Much the same here in Europe countries been invaded 😢
The oppressed fight against each other instead of uniting against the oppressor. Reclaiming & demanding the return of South African land from the Dutch that misappropriated would be more strategic?
South Africa is going to need back these very same people to help rebuild their country. No island stands on its own it needs sands and water to help its foundations.
people who are to hungry for power will do everything so that they can be in power even destroying country and economy
This is very sad
South Africans must do things the right way and without taking innocent lives. At the end of the day we’re all Africans No matter what.
Stop lying none was killed
Bt mashaba is Mozambican
Wow, as a South African born, raised and still living here, I’m somewhat at a fork in the road, we need to open our borders to those seeking to contribute to the economy, legally. The problem is also the corruption in the policing system that allows these illegal foreigners in our country. But, by the same token, they should also deport non POCs illegally in our country. Our government does need to do more and weed out corruption and violent crime, we have an amazing country and our people are generally warm and caring. The government needs to also focus on unemployment and stop lining the pockets of the already rich, the chasm between the rich and poor get bigger each year