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Anti-immigrant violence explodes in Western Cape

Several dead in Mossel Bay, families flee into mountains in Overberg

Lado Amido holds up his Mozambique passport. He spent two nights in the mountains behind Kleinmond, fleeing the threat of violence. Amido is one of more than 50 immigrants being sheltered in the Kleinmond community hall. He says he wants to return to Mozambique. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Hundreds of people fled their homes in Kleinmond and Gansbaai in the Overberg as anti-immigration protests spread in the Western Cape.
Immigrants affected by the protests, mostly from Malawi and Mozambique, have taken refuge in community halls.
Some hid in the mountains or on the beach overnight.
Hundreds of people took part in anti-immigrant marches in Kleinmond and Gansbaai.
“We cannot accommodate someone, and then we don’t eat,” said one of the march…

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