Xenophobic ‘shutdowns’ turn indiscriminately violent
South Africa

Xenophobic ‘shutdowns’ turn indiscriminately violent

The ‘shutdowns’ spreading across Gauteng are intended as targeted xenophobia. But the actions of one mob in Joburg’s inner city show that, in practice, they can harm anyone in their path.

Dennis Webster and Ihsaan Haffejee
September 4, 2019