From Durban to Soweto, anti-migrant protests spark isolated looting of foreign and local traders

Daily Maverick | 02.07.2026 06:10
March and March’s 30 June mass protest calling for all undocumented migrants to leave South Africa may have concluded. However, the consequences of the anti-migrant groups’ mass mobilisation against foreign nationals are still playing out in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.