About 12 people were killed and more than 50 were taken to hospitals with gunshot and stab wounds last night in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. Local police used tear gas and rubber bullets in attempt to try to stop the attackers – gangs of armed youths. (BBC) This was not, however, the racial violence we are used to hearing regarding South Africa. The victims of these attacks are immigrants from neighboring African countries such as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi etc. The BBC report sated that “Since the end of apartheid, millions of African immigrants have poured into South Africa...
