@SenyaneChueu@HistorySAZAR They were recruited by the apartheid government to be "presidents" of homelands where black people were to live away from White South Africa.
Oh,stop with your xenophobic propaganda : The spaza shops, market stalls, inner-city trading slots, and properties occupied by African immigrants don't exist in a vacuum. South Africans are the landlords.
Local property owners, municipal
permit holders, and families actively choose to lease their spaces to foreign traders because they pay rent reliably, stimulate local supply chains, and keep real estate values up in struggling economic districts.
Bro,it's perfectly fine, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Ruling: In the landmark case Somali Association of South Africa v Limpopo Department of Economic Development, the SCA ruled categorically that refugees and asylum seekers lawfully present in South Africa have the right to be self-employed, to trade, and to operate businesses in the informal sector.
@Olivia_LaGrange No,there are Malawians that are peaceful, and many of them. These Malawians you see that are hooligans are illegal immigrants, and you cannot tell an illegal immigrant to behave,there's a reason why they became illegal immigrants in the first place.
We've been doing this? Do you mean, harassment of African immigrants or raising our concerns about influx of illegal immigrants, or both? If the latter,Well,then I guess it's time for (some) wake up call amid xenophobia vs anti-illegal immigrantion combat,as there's an increasing anti- immigration rhetoric and propaganda masquerading as "cleaning and protecting our country"
Look,it's not easy to tell the documentation status of these "street performers",since it's clear that they're Malawian immigrants, and that they aren't supposed to be protesting in the first place, documented or not,they should be held accountable to the law.
Telling illegal immigrants to "behave " is usually futile because they're less likely to comply,that's like telling a house robber not to take money hidden under a mattress as they're there to take jewelry during a robbery in progress.
@AmukelaniMoyani Who are they accusing of killing them,the question is, are they here legally, did they cooperate with law enforcement? And how did they get into South Africa?
How can they condemn illegal immigrants, how can anyone tell an illegal immigrant to behave,they are illegal immigrants bro. That's like telling a house robber who's in the process of robbing off jewelry to not take money in the safe.
We should direct our immigration greviance to the government to beef up our borders.
Ok look here's The Truth About "Undocumented" Learners:
It is true that there is a massive crisis regarding undocumented children in public schools, but populist movements completely misrepresent who these children actually are.
A recent national audit of over 11.7 million learners across more than 21,000 public schools revealed that roughly 610,000 pupils were attending school without documentation. (Parliament Of South Africa)
However, @nsbusiso800 the audit's findings completely blew the anti-immigrant narrative out of the water:
The Majority are South African: Over 360,000 of those undocumented children—nearly 60%—are verified South African nationals. Parliament of South Africa.
The Minister of Basic Education’s Official Reply (NW174): In an official written submission to Parliament, the Ministry of Basic Education explicitly stated that according to verified national enrolment data, foreign learners constitute only 1.8% of the total learner population in South Africa, while 98.2% are South African citizens. (Parliamentary Monitoring )
Census 2022 Data: The 2022 Census recorded approximately 2.4 million international migrants living in South Africa,by Africa Check.
Percentage of Population: This immigrant population accounts for approximately 3.9% of the country's total population, by Africa Check
Other Estimates: Other reports, such as the Migration Statistics Report based on the 2022/23 Income and Expenditure Survey, estimate the number to be slightly higher, at over 3 million people, or about 5.1% of the total population,by Statistics South Africa.