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Thousands of anti-migrant protesters march in South Africa amid heavy police presence
bbc ^ | June 30 | By Nomsa Maseko, BBC Africa

Posted on 06/30/2026 11:05:05 AM PDT by RandFan

Thousands of people have marched in South Africa's main cities to demand that all undocumented migrants leave the country.

Police officers - backed by private security guards - have been deployed because of fears that protests could turn violent. Anti-migrant groups had set Tuesday as the deadline for undocumented migrants to leave.

Many foreigners have already fled to escape violence and intimidation. South African police say 25,000 have been repatriated so far. Most are from other African countries.

One undocumented Malawian told the BBC he was "happy to be going back" but "heartbroken" to be leaving behind four young children.

In Johannesburg, the financial capital, shops in the city centre were closed, while police visibility is high on major streets.

The military has been deployed in Hillbrow, a suburb in Johannesburg where many African migrants live, following reports of a teenager being shot and a car being torched, local media report.

Some protesters threw bricks, breaking the windows of some homes in Yeoville, another suburb where many African migrants live.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bbc; hillbrow; johannesburg; malawi; nomsamaseko; southafrica; yeoville

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In South Africa the natives are rioting and have set a deadline for immigrants to leave.
1 posted on 06/30/2026 11:05:05 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Those “immigrants” are other Africans.


2 posted on 06/30/2026 11:09:09 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: RandFan

But we’re told both that being anti-immigrant is racist yet that black people can’t be racist.


3 posted on 06/30/2026 11:15:20 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: RandFan

I guess the red, gold, and green flags of pan Africanism need to be changed.


4 posted on 06/30/2026 11:17:37 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: RandFan

People all over the world are fed up with invasions by foreigners who want to take their wealth and supplant them.


5 posted on 06/30/2026 11:18:23 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: RandFan
Thousands of people have marched in South Africa's main cities to demand that all undocumented migrants leave the country.

After Ireland and now South Africa will anything get the American people off the recliner chairs and away from the games and streaming movies? Maybe grab the Cheetos and adult beverages on the way outside.

6 posted on 06/30/2026 11:30:35 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Those “immigrants” are other Africans.

So?

Ain't there legally, get out.

7 posted on 06/30/2026 11:33:43 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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I guess by his logic Mexicans are North Americans so they can come here willy nilly.


8 posted on 06/30/2026 12:22:00 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Plenty of room for them once the whites leave.


9 posted on 06/30/2026 12:26:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Resolute Conservative
I guess.

After all, they are Americans. Just not United States Americans but there is no difference, right?

10 posted on 06/30/2026 12:28:30 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: RandFan

Bookmark


11 posted on 06/30/2026 12:29:25 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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But....the immigrants these Black people are protesting about are.....Black. Gosh, its almost as if people don’t like it when their countries are invaded by hordes of foreigners they never asked to come to their country in the first place.


12 posted on 06/30/2026 12:55:18 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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Dang. Pretty soon illegal immigrants won’t have anywhere to go.


13 posted on 06/30/2026 12:58:22 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: RandFan

African fatigue.


14 posted on 06/30/2026 1:00:31 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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Now, from what I understand this is just completely racist… where’s the media to scold them? So confusing


15 posted on 06/30/2026 1:01:21 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: RandFan

Maybe those natives need their very own version of citizen vigilante…


16 posted on 06/30/2026 1:02:46 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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where’s the media to scold them?

Just watched a German newscaster reporting on this. He couldn't refrain from scowling the whole time!

Regards,

17 posted on 06/30/2026 2:25:36 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: kaktuskid

When the Afrikaners tried this, they were universally condemned as racists.


18 posted on 06/30/2026 2:53:48 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Yay! 🎉


19 posted on 06/30/2026 3:23:56 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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