The anti-migrant protesters in South Africa blame foreigners for the nation's unemployment and high crime. It's a familiar story for South Africans -- this is the biggest such demonstrations since 2008, when a wave of anti-migrant violence spread across the country. Nearly two decades earlier, in May 2008, a wave of xenophobic riots started in Johannesburg before spreading across the country.
A look back at two decades of xenophobic flare-ups in South Africa
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Mon 11:44 - France 24
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Mon 16:27 - France 24
South Africa: Thousands of foreigners flee ahead of anti-immigration 'deadline'
Mon 19:16 - BBC Headlines
South African leader warns anti-migrant protesters ahead of unofficial deadline
Mon 20:23 - France 24
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Tue 02:30 - Al Jazeera English
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Tue 05:50 - DW All
South Africa on edge ahead of anti-migrant protests
Tue 05:50 - DW Top
South Africa on edge ahead of anti-migrant protests
Tue 09:47 - France 24
South Africa deploys police, foreigners brace for violence as anti-immigrant protests begin
Tue 11:21 - DW All
South Africa on edge with anti-migrant protests underway
Tue 11:21 - DW Top
South Africa on edge with anti-migrant protests underway
Tue 11:21 - DW All
South Africa on edge amid anti-migrant protests
Tue 11:21 - DW Top
South Africa on edge amid anti-migrant protests
Tue 12:04 - Al Jazeera English
South Africa deploys police as anti-immigrant protests prompt fears
Tue 12:11 - Al Jazeera English
Anti-migrant rally in South Africa demands undocumented foreigners leave
Tue 14:00 - Euronews
South African protesters call for undocumented migrants to leave
Tue 14:10 - France 24
Thousands march to demand illegal migrants leave South Africa
Tue 20:20 - France 24
Thousands march in South Africa demanding departure of undocumented foreigners
Tue 21:19 - France 24
South Africa's anti-migrant protesters march nationwide, after thousands flee violence
Tue 23:22 - Fox News
Thousands of police deployed across South Africa as deadly anti-immigration protests spread to multiple cities
Wed 14:41 - France 24
A look back at two decades of xenophobic flare-ups in South Africa