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Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants
Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants
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NYT World
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John Eligon, Zimasa Matiwane and Joao Silva
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21 Jul 2026 · 18:00 UTC
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Authoritarian Governance
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1 min read
Summary
Documents systematic persecution and extrajudicial violence against vulnerable populations by state-enabled or state-tolerated vigilante actors, demonstrating authoritarian breakdown of rule of law and state protection of targeted groups.
As immigration surges in the country, activists are going to extreme lengths to expel foreign nationals, often taking the law into their own hands.
xenophobia
extrajudicial violence
vigilantism
political repression
human rights abuse
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