South Africa's latest wave of anti-migrant violence has left at least four people dead, according to police, and forced thousands of African nationals to flee their homes in recent months. The unrest, driven by movements such as Operation Dudula and March and March, has been described by one academic as unlike anything the country has seen since apartheid ended.
Fezokuhle Mthonti, a cultural historian and writer based in Johannesburg, said this iteration of xenophobic violence 'is not something that we've seen in the post-apartheid dispensation so far'. She said it is better funded and has been legitimised by mainstream media coverage, adding, 'This is a new moment.'
