South Africans To March Against Attacks On Foreigners!

After weeks of violence, primarily in KwaZuluNatal, thousands expected to take part in solidarity rally in Durban. Thousands of people are expected to attend a march in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in solidarity with the country’s foreign nationals.

The march, which includes religious leaders and concerned citizens, comes after weeks of attacks against foreign nationals in which at least five people have been killed and 74 people arrested since the end of March, according to Colonel Jay Naicker, the police spokesperson.

On Thursday, as many people prepared to march in the coastal city of Durban in KwaZuluNatal, many shops also remained closed in the business capital of the country, Johannesburg.

Groups of people were said to be travelling from other provinces to join in the show of solidarity with the foreign nationals. She said that people had been gathering and that while the numbers were not yet big, the crowd was expected to grow. Similar attacks occurred in 2008 in which at least 60 people were killed