Thousands of people are expected to
attend a march in South Africa’s
coastal
city of Durban in solidarity with the
country’s foreign nationals.
The march, on Thursday, which includes
religious leaders and concerned citizens,
comes after weeks of attacks against
foreign nationals in which at least five
people have been killed and 74 people
arrested since the end of March,
according to Colonel Jay Naicker, the
police spokesperson.
Al Jazeera producer
Mukelwa Hlatshwayo, reporting from the
march in the coastal city of Durban in
KwaZulu-Natal, said as many as 5,000
people had joined the prosession and
that the atmosphere was calm with
people ulilating and singing songs of
solidarity.
Many shops remained closed in the
business capital of the country,
Johannesburg in the Gauteng province
fearing attacks as well.
Groups of people were said to have
travelled to Durban from other provinces
to join in the show of solidarity with the
foreign nationals.
Messages circulating on social media
warned people in Gauteng province and
KwaZulu-Natal to be on high alert for
possible attacks and to also remain
indoors.
