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Weekly South Africa Anti-Immigrant Protests Trigger 38,000 Returns

7/10/2026

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Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma pledged Thursday that protests would continue weekly until migrants leave South Africa.
Anti-immigration protesters seized several foreign nationals in Johannesburg and handed them to police, including a Malawian woman and child.
Police stepped up arrests of undocumented migrants and deployed officers during the marches for safety.
Malawi announced that more than 38,000 of its citizens had returned from South Africa in recent weeks because of safety concerns.

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Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma pledged Thursday that protests would continue weekly until migrants leave South Africa.
Anti-immigration protesters seized several foreign nationals in Johannesburg and handed them to police, including a Malawian woman and child.
Police stepped up arrests of undocumented migrants and deployed officers during the marches for safety.
Malawi announced that more than 38,000 of its citizens had returned from South Africa in recent weeks because of safety concerns.