SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

Xenophobic violence flares up as looting & truck burning!

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Welcome to the Monday edition of the show, hosted by Big Daddy Liberty in studio with IRR analyst, Nic Lorimer and Chief Economist, Ian Cruickshanks!

We look at the resurgence of xenophobic violence in South Africa. What is behind the looting of foreign-owned shops and the burning of trucks driven by foreign nationals? Can the police restore law and order?
2 Sep 2019 3AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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