12/06/2026
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญโ
โWait. Wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow youโll see.โ
That was the warning whispered to immigrants in Zwelitsha all throughout Sunday before the formal protest march.
Monday arrived. A group of 200 protesters made their way from Lesedi Square to the police station and presented a memorandum to the officials present. The primary demand โ punctuated by a South African flag leading the procession โ was the immigrants. They must go.
Once the formal protest was over, a second group at the informal settlement started to systematically chase foreigners from their houses and loot houses. This carried on throughout the night, we heard.
๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ถ๐ด made our way to Glaskasteel, where the people left homeless were housed. Read more in this week's issue (12 June 2026): https://www.suidernuus.com