00:01Police in South Africa are investigating the murder of a 29-year-old Malawian national
00:06during a march against illegal immigrants at the Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg.
00:11Two other people were injured in the attack.
00:14Led by anti-immigrant group March & March,
00:17the protest reportedly turned violent after a woman claimed that her relative had been killed by Malawians.
00:23Hundreds of people from Malawi are camping in Pietermaritzburg
00:27following the attack in the city, which is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal province.
00:31Another group is sheltered in nearby Durban,
00:34awaiting repatriation as efforts to send them home continue.
00:38March & March has been increasingly vocal in recent months,
00:42coordinating mass protests and setting a 30th of June deadline
00:45for all undocumented foreigners to leave the country.
00:49The ultimatum has no legal backing but has already led thousands of people
00:53from other African nations including Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi and Mozambique to flee.
00:59Tensions are escalating ahead of planned anti-illegal immigrant demonstrations
01:03across the country on the 30th.
01:04Law enforcement has ramped up its operational readiness across all nine provinces,
01:09with plans in place to protect communities, infrastructure and public spaces.
01:16Law enforcement channels
01:16allesses with their respective administrators start to meetdeal
01:16in last six months left in安
01:16mum or two small animals. Good news
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