Xenophobia in South Africa 2026 has turned into one of the country’s most pressing crises after anti-migrant groups, among them March and March and Operation Dudula, set an unofficial deadline of June 30 for undocumented foreigners to leave the country. That deadline has driven real fear through migrant communities, particularly in Johannesburg and Durban, where weeks of protests and attacks have already left people dead and thousands fleeing. The South African government has been explicit that this deadline carries no legal weight, but that hasn’t stopped the fear on the…
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