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Stoking the flames

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16 March
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ. Youโ€™re Somali, Eritrean, Congolese.... Youโ€™ve 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.