Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks.
Dozens of shops and homes occupied by foreign nationals in Thokoza, East of Johannesburg, were ransacked, with some burnt down, in a flare up of xenophobic attacks on Wednesday.
SAPS said the area remains “calm but tense” and that officers will remain in the area to ensure that no further violence erupts. “I am not sure if I would go back and run a business in Phola Park again. I honestly do not feel safe at all,” she said. The Port Elizabeth-based civil society group, Zimbabwe Migrants Support Network , has also expressed its disappointment with how the police and other law enforcement officers responded on Wednesday. The organisation’s Shelton Chiyangwa said: “We are extremely disappointed by how law enforcement officers handled this issue.
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