South Africa Sends Army to Calm ‘Volatile Areas’ of Anti-Immigrant Violence

South Africa deployed the army on Tuesday in “volatile areas” to curb a wave of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least seven people this month, the Defence Minister said.

The latest wave of anti-immigrant attacks began almost three weeks ago in parts of the coastal city of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal and quickly spread to Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said soldiers were being sent to “volatile areas,” which included the rundown Johannesburg district of Alexandra and parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal . . .

South Africa has been criticized by foreign governments, including China, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, for failing to protect foreigners as TV stations broadcast images around the world of armed mobs looting immigrant-owned shops. (Read more from “South Africa Sends Army to Calm ‘Volatile Areas’ of Anti-Immigrant Violence” HERE)

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