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South Africa’s Worsening Xenophobia Exposes a Broken Economic Promise

South Africa’s Worsening Xenophobia Exposes a Broken Economic Promise

by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 5, 2026 | News

South Africa’s worsening xenophobia exposes a broken economic promise. As Afrophobic violence flares ahead of November’s local elections, political leaders are opting for cheap scapegoating over tackling deep structural decline and broken public utilities....
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