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State spent R600m to contain 30 June xenophobic action – law enforcement could have prevented it

Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia is taking the state to court

A protest against xenophobia in Johannesburg in March 2022. Archive photo: Masego Mafata.
For years, South Africa has watched the same warning signs appear – immigrants attacked, their businesses targeted, communities divided, and misinformation and fear used as tools for political mobilisation.
Each time, the country has promised that xenophobia will not become normalised.
Yet the events leading up to 30 June 2026 showed how quickly organised vigilantism can escalate when the state fails to act decisively.
Although the date had no basis in law, it created widespread fear and disrupted livelihoods. It exposed a dangerous reality – how private actors were able to assume powers that should be reserved for the state.
This is why Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia…

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