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Xenophobic protests in South \u200bAfrica have in the past led to violence against immigrants and their \u2060property, with little distinction made between those who entered legally or not.<\/div><h2>POLICE AND MILITARY \u200bIN THE STREETS<\/h2><div>Landlords in the main city Johannesburg and port city of Durban were evicting \u200bforeign tenants for fear of their buildings being vandalised, witnesses said.<\/div><div>&#8220;All these people, they were chased out by their landlords,&#8221; Mabako Majole, a leader of the Congolese community, said next to a crowd of \u200b100 people sleeping on the street in downtown Durban.<\/div><div>&#8220;All these people are legal. 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