‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets

Xenowatch data lays bare the scale of xenophobic discrimination in South Africa. Between 2022 and 2024, we recorded 255 incidents, including 57 deaths, over 6,000 people displaced, and more than 800 shops looted. In 2024 alone, 59 incidents were documented.

Professor Loren Landau (Wits University) warns that the rise of civilian-led immigration checks signals a deeper failure of the state.

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