South Africa is confronting one of its most significant waves of xenophobic unrest in years. Rebecca Davis, Victoria O’Regan and Felix Dlangamandla examine the forces driving it, the human impact and the questions hanging over the days ahead.
Hosted by: Rebecca Davis, Felix Dlangamandla, Victoria O’Regan
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:00 Xenophobia Flashpoint
01:07 Durban drive-in site reflects SA xenophobia
01:43 Life In The Shelter
02:31 Pietermaritzburg Squalor
03:01 Fear And Dignity
03:41 Why Mostly Malawians?
04:39 Choosing Repatriation
05:05 Activists Question Police
05:52 A crisis co-written by March and March and SA’s political class
07:33 March and March’s 30 June deadline looms
09:02 State Security Response
11:18 Hotspots And What Next
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