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Protesters from hostels in Johannesburg marched on September 8 2019. Carrying weapons, including knobkerries, the men sang, ‘foreigners must go back to where they came from’.Image: Sunday Times/Alon Skuy
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Xenophobic rhetoric on social media sparks fears of attacks on foreigners in SA

Rising xenophobic rhetoric on social media is sparking fears of impending attacks on foreigners in the country. After a flurry of tweets led to a protest outside the Nigerian embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday, cyber forensic investigators,…

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