A wave of xenophobia is sweeping South Africa... again, just in time for elections. This is not a coincidence, here's why.KG heads to a March & March protest in Sea Point to ask one simple question: "what's the evidence?" and nearly gets klapped for it.
From the "30 June deadline" to politicians across the spectrum suddenly singing the same anti-migrant tune, we investigate who's really driving South Africa's xenophobia, who's paying for it, and who profits when poor South Africans and poor migrants fight each other instead of asking where the money went.
Featuring migration expert Prof Loren Landau (Wits), data scientist Kyle Findlay on the coordinated online machine behind the hashtags, and Fola, who's been waiting 14 years for Home Affairs to answer one application.South Africans have every right to be angry.
The question is whether you've been told to point that anger in the wrong direction.