{"id":3478,"date":"2026-07-01T23:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:10:51","slug":"over-900-arrested-during-south-african-anti-migrant-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"Over 900 arrested during South African anti-migrant protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (Reuters) &#8211; South African police arrested more than 900 \u200bpeople during nationwide anti-migrant protests on Tuesday that were \u200cmostly peaceful but at times turned violent, with shops looted, police said on Wednesday.<\/div><div>Of 120 marches, 108 were peaceful while 12 required \u200bpolice intervention, deputy national police commissioner Tebello Mosikili \u200btold a press conference, adding reasons for the \u2060arrests ranged from immigration violations to public violence, harbouring \u200bundocumented migrants and robbery.<\/div><div>Police said in a separate statement that \u200bone person was shot dead late on Tuesday in Johannesburg&#8217;s Alexandra township, where residents were looting informal cornershops known as spaza shops \u200bowned by foreign nationals.<\/div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anti-immigrant protesters march on the day of an unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for all undocumented migrants to leave in Durban\" class=\"wp-image-3475\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7f04ddcba370bff915b7f8c10e2dcde3-1024x725.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7f04ddcba370bff915b7f8c10e2dcde3-1024x725.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7f04ddcba370bff915b7f8c10e2dcde3-300x213.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7f04ddcba370bff915b7f8c10e2dcde3-768x544.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7f04ddcba370bff915b7f8c10e2dcde3.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anti-immigrant protesters march on the day of an unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for all undocumented migrants to leave in Durban\" class=\"wp-image-3476\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2421070a206041ec852c464f345289fa-1024x777.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2421070a206041ec852c464f345289fa-1024x777.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2421070a206041ec852c464f345289fa-300x228.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2421070a206041ec852c464f345289fa-768x583.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2421070a206041ec852c464f345289fa.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anti-immigrant protesters march in Johannesburg\" class=\"wp-image-3477\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b44052919211e70d82f0df26adfb876d-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b44052919211e70d82f0df26adfb876d-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b44052919211e70d82f0df26adfb876d-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b44052919211e70d82f0df26adfb876d-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b44052919211e70d82f0df26adfb876d.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><button><span><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/button><\/div><div><div>Item 1 of 3 Anti-immigrant protesters march on the day of an unofficial deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for all undocumented migrants to leave, in Durban, South Africa, June 30, 2026. REUTERS\/Rogan Ward     <\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div>Police reinforcements were deployed across five \u200bof the country&#8217;s nine provinces overnight, while soldiers were sent to Johannesburg&#8217;s \u200cinner-city \u2060Hillbrow neighbourhood, where two people were injured in a shooting.<\/div><div>In the port city of Durban police opened an inquest over the death of a foreign national who allegedly \u200bjumped from the \u200beighth floor \u2060of a building on the eve of the protests, believing he was being targeted.<\/div><div>Tuesday&#8217;s \u200bmarches were organised to mark a &#8220;deadline&#8221; an anti-immigrant \u200bmovement \u2060had set for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa.<\/div><div>The protests followed months of unrest that have drawn international criticism as \u2060foreigners \u200bhave been driven from their homes \u200band seen their businesses and property vandalised.<\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3473\">SoftBank renews talks for $10 billion loan against OpenAI stake, adds concessions, sources say<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3471\">Iran warns of immediate response to any threat, cites US commitment to restrain Israel<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3469\">Rebel Catholic group ordains bishops in Switzerland, defying Pope Leo<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African police arrested more than 900 \u200bpeople during nationwide anti-migrant protests on Tuesday that were \u200cmostly peaceful but at times turned violent, with shops looted, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,10],"class_list":["post-3478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-human-rights","tag-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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