I HAVE READ THABO MBEKI AND SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT SAY THE XENOPHOBIA IS TARGETED AT CRIMINAL NIGERIANS.


THIS IS INFLAMATORY AND OFFENSIVE REMARKS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE TOLERATED.



XENOPHOBIA IS HISTORIC IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM ITS INCEPTION.



THE LATEST VICTIMS ARE NIGERIANS AND THAT IN ITSELF SHOULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES.

It suggests violent attacks peaked in 2008 and again in 2015.

In 2008, there was a wave of attacks across the country against refugees and migrants - more than 60 people were reported to have been killed and thousands displaced.

Xenophobic attacks spark South African response
In 2015, there were outbreaks of violence against non-South Africans, mostly in the cities of Durban and Johannesburg, which led to the deployment of the army to deter further unrest.

In March, the government launched an initiative to raise public awareness and improve access to services for victims of discrimination.

Human rights groups welcomed it, but said that the government needed to publicly recognise attacks on foreigners as xenophobic.

In a statement published in October 2018, South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, blamed the governing ANC party for a "scourge of xenophobic violence".


Minister of Human Settlements, Water & Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has urged the police to act against people targeting foreigners
Where are the migrants from?
About 70% of foreigners in South Africa come from neighbouring Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Lesotho.

The remaining 30% is made up of people from Malawi, UK, Namibia, eSwatini, previously known as Swaziland, India and other countries.

There are an estimated 3.6 million migrants in the country, a spokesperson for South Africa's national statistics body told the BBC, out of an overall population of well over 50 million.

GRAPH SHOW RECORDED TIMELINE OF SOUTH AFRICA ATTACK ON FOREIGNERS.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH