Diepsloot: Crime, xenophobia - or both?
Mail & Guardian reports:
As Diepsloot remains tense following a night of looting, experts
have accused the government and police of fudging the issue of
xenophobia. (...)
Foreigners have been at the centre of two incidents of violence in
Gauteng over the past few days, which has seen their businesses attacked
and looted.
Last week Friday, several foreign owned shops in Orange Farm and nearby
Sedibeng were looted during service delivery protests.
Then, on Sunday two Zimbabweans were shot dead, allegedly by a Somali
shopkeeper after an apparent argument. Residents began protesting and
looted 19 foreign-owned shops after the men were killed. (...)
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