Stoking the flames
๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ.
Youโre Somali, Eritrean, Congolese.... Youโve escaped conflict in your homeland and come to South Africa in search of a better life. In reality, you find yourself in a society being egged on to send you home โ or worse. As populist politics increasingly targets foreigners, should we be surprised that a xenophobic movement has taken root on the streets of Johannesburg? Macfarlane went to investigate.