Why does South Africa have a xenophobia problem?

About this episode

The episode explores the recent surge of xenophobic violence against immigrants in South Africa and the underlying causes of this anger.

Videos of mobs of people attacking immigrants in South Africa have gone viral over the past few months. Where is all of this anger coming from? Writer: Seun Matiluko Host: Jonathan Lewis Producer:  Matt Russell Clip credits: AfricaWebTV, Reality Street Talk, Sky News, News Central and Newzroom Afrika Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Lewis

Topics covered

• xenophobia
• immigration
• South Africa
• violence
• social issues

Keywords

• xenophobia
• South Africa
• immigrants
• violence
• social unrest

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AfricaWebTV, Reality Street Talk, Sky News, News Central, Newzroom Afrika

Places: South Africa

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