I remember hearing something about the xenophobic rioting and violence back in late May when it was happening, but i didn’t pay to much attention…
However, this evening i was reading a Frieze Magazine essay “Weighing the Africa in South Africa” by Sean O’Toole, (here)
Excerpt
“The morning papers on May 19 recorded a grim scene. A young Mozambican man was pictured on hands and knees, his body engulfed by flames. Set upon by a group of South African youths, the unidentified man had been stabbed and severely beaten before being set alight. Taken in Ramaphosa, an impoverished settlement east of Johannesburg, the photograph forms part of a mosaic of news photographs documenting the ruthless wave of attacks targeting African immigrants resident in South Africa’s townships.”
Just this first passage inspired me to find an original piece of reporting about the event discussed in the essay.
Below is an image from the Sunday Times.
And a link to the story they published back in May…(here)
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