Many South Africans natives accuse foreigners them of taking jobs in a country where the unemployment rate is 24%.
An have continued to loot foreign-owned shops in several parts of the country as at when this report was filed.
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been accused of fuelling the attacks by saying that foreigners should "go back to their countries". However, he said that his comments had been distorted.
According to eyewitness, Raphael Nkomo, a Zimbabwean living and working in Johannesburg:
"What I saw when I was going to the shops on Thursday evening, it was so terrible. A group of men were dropped from a mini bus, and all of them were armed with pangas, a [type of] very big knife.
They started chasing people, throwing stones at them. Some were even knifed.
"We had to run for cover. We ended up in the shops, and the owners closed the shops while we were still inside until the police were called.What I saw was terrifying, and if it continues like this by the time the government wakes up many people will be dead. It is very, very bad." He said
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