A three-week sit-in escalated on Wednesday when Cape Town Metro Police arrested multiple foreign nationals, demanding the UNHCR remove them from South Africa for their own safety.
The Cape Town UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has been the site of an extended sit-in staged by hundreds of refugees.
In August and early September, the country saw a wave of xenophobic violence that left 12 people killed, most of them South Africans, when mobs descended on foreign-owned stores in and around Johannesburg, destroying properties and looting.
[WATCH] It’s chaos outside the UNHCR offices in Cape Town where #Refugees&migrant labourers have been camping outside for weeks. Public Order Police have moved in to clear the street. @etvNewsSA pic.twitter.com/mkaS54Tuhv
— Natalie Malgas (@nataliemalgas) October 30, 2019
[WATCH] *GRAPHIC WARNING* One of the #Refugees/Migrants arrested outside the UNHCR offices in Cape Town explains the police action was unwarranted. @etvNewsSA pic.twitter.com/TwfIaW1dt6
— Natalie Malgas (@nataliemalgas) October 30, 2019
In other news – Sphelele Mzimela joins Uzalo
Rising starlet Sphelele Mzimela took to social media to express her excitement about joining the cast of popular SABC 1 drama series Uzalo.
She shot to prominence through her role as Kentucky on Mzansi Magic telenovela Isibiya, her career stems from a decade ago, while singing and dancing at age 10 in Durban where she grows up. continue reading
Source: eNCA
