Fifty people fled to the Sydenham police station when their unemployed neighbours in the Burnwood informal settlement kicked down their doors at 2am.
Malawian Austin Gombera with his sister Fatima James and her baby Sheila. They fled their home on Monday night after xenophobic attacks in Durban.Police and officials have begun looking for a municipal hall on Tuesday afternoon to house foreign nationals who were displaced during a"xenophobic attack" at a Durban informal settlement.
Fifty people including five babies fled to the Sydenham police station when their unemployed neighbours in the Burnwood informal settlement kicked down their doors at 2am.While community members rallied around the group to provide meals, police and city officials scrambled to find shelter for the evening for the group.
"We are looking for a council-run hall so they have somewhere to stay tonight. We are confident that we will find something," said Sydenham community policing forum spokesperson Satish Dhupelia.An emotional Stanley Chilembwe from Malawi speaks about the xenophobic attack last night in Durban
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