JUSTICE MALALA: Xenophobic eruption loading in SA

CATEGORY: General
DATE: 30 June 2021
AUTHOR: Business Live

The warning signs are flashing: SA is in danger of breaking out into the sort of violence against foreigners we saw in 2008 and 2019

Eight months ago, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and market research group Ipsos warned that there could be an increase in xenophobic attacks as SA sought to recover from Covid’s economic impact. At about the same time, the outgoing Nigerian consul general, Godwin Adama, said SA and Nigeria needed to urgently establish early warning systems to prevent xenophobic attacks.

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