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South Africa has deployed the army in volatile areas to curb anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least seven people this month, the defence minister has said. This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason.
The latest attacks began almost three weeks ago in parts of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal and quickly spread to Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital.
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The defence minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said on Tuesday soldiers were being sent to areas including the rundown Johannesburg district of Alexandra and Kwa-Zulu Natal.
She said: “There will be those who will be critical of this decision but the vulnerable will appreciate it.”
South Africa has been criticised by the governments of countries including China, Nigeria and Zimbabwe for failing to protect foreigners, as TV stations broadcast images around the world of armed mobs looting immigrant-owned shops.
The government was put under further pressure when disturbing images appeared in local media on Sunday of men beating and stabbing a Mozambican man, Emmanuel Sithole, to death in broad daylight in Alexandra.
Mapisa-Nqakula said a Zimbabwean couple were shot at there on Monday night but survived.
In 2008, more than 60 foreigners were killed in similar unrest as locals vented their frustration over various issues, particularly a lack of jobs.