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A foreign national holds a machete to protect himself after clashes broke out between a group of locals and police in Durban on 14 April 2015 in ongoing violence against foreign nationals in Durban, South Africa Foreigners have been arming themselves after coming under attack
Malawi says it will repatriate its nationals from South Africa, following an upsurge in xenophobic violence.
At least five foreigners, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed in attacks in South Africa's coastal city of Durban since last week.
Some foreign-owned shops in the main city Johannesburg have shut amid fears that the violence could spread.
Zimbabwe has also condemned the attacks, blamed on locals who accuse foreigners of taking their jobs.
Tens of thousands of foreigners, mostly from other African states and Asia, have moved to South Africa since white-minority rule ended in 1994. At least 62 people died in xenophobic attacks that swept South Africa in 2008.
Members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) try to control a protester after clashes broke out between a group of locals and police in Durban on 14 April 2015 . The government has ordered police to step up efforts to protect foreigners
Malawi is the only country which has so far decided to repatriate its citizens.
Information Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa said the first group would return at the weekend.
About 420 Malawians are reportedly living in refugee camps in Durban after fleeing the violence, he said.
The BBC's Raphael Tenthani reports from Blantyre that he received a call from a Malawian in Durban who said saw he some Malawians being killed - including a close friend who was burned alive.
South African men run from police as rioting and looting was quelled during anti-foreigner violence in Durban 14 April 2015
Local gangs accuse of foreigners of taking their jobs
Shops closed in Johannesburg (15 April 2015)
Foreigners have shut their shops in Johannesburg to prevent looting
Mr Nankhumwa called on the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to intervene to help protect foreigners.
"This is unfortunate coming at a time we are working on regional integration," he said at a press conference.
"We urge the government of South Africa to protect foreigners," he added.
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At the scene: Milton Nkosi, BBC News
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Milton Nkosi reports from a makeshift refugee camp in Durban
Standing in the middle of a football field that has been turned into a refugee camp overnight in Durban's Chatsworth township, one cannot help but feel ashamed of being South African.
There are white and green tents dotted around housing destitute African migrant families who fled the violence meted out to them by their South African hosts.
Two weeks ago locals began attacking and looting properties owned by fellow Africans, calling them "kwerekwere", a derogatory word for African migrants.
I did not even have to ask Memory Mahlatini, a Zimbabwean who works as a nanny, what happened to her because her story was written all over her face.
Her eyes alone made me look down in shame as she explained how a group of South Africans came to her rented home last Monday evening just as they were preparing to sleep and demanded that they go back to where they came from.
Fear and shame in South Africa
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In total, the violence has left about 5,000 foreigners homeless in Durban, the main city in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, local media reports.
On Wednesday, the violence spread to the province's second city, Pietermaritzburg, where foreign-owned shops were looted.
Verulam, a town about 30km (18 miles) north of Durban, has been hit by similar violence.
The government has ordered police to step up patrols to prevent the violence from escalating.
The governing African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement that South Africans should "hang our heads in shame in the face of these misguided and misplaced assaults".
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been accused of fuelling xenophobia after he was widely quoted as saying at a meeting last month that foreigners should "please go back to their countries".
He denied being xenophobic and claimed he had been mistranslated.
South Africa's official unemployment rate stands at 24%, but some analysts believe that it is much higher.
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look at them... savages. Animals are better than them including thier supporters here on Naira land.

Nigerians over there should, please come back home.
These people openly declare their hatred for Nigerians especially. I'm sure we would survive without DSTV and MTN

South Africa simply forgot the assistance rendered to them during apartheid by these Africans they are killing. Just too appalling.

I'm sure it was this SA blacks science was talking about when they said blacks transformed from apes to human.
I knw say our 9ja brothers no go gree come house even if gov't bring transporting machine.

Abeg, what is Nigeria govt doing about it ?