Political Correspondent
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The police have moved to assure foreign nationals and local communities that no individual or grouping has the authority to instruct any person to leave the country.
It warned it would act against any acts of intimidation, public violence, incitement or criminality, as only relevant state authorities were empowered to enforce immigration laws in accordance with the rule of law.
This follows a widely circulated video in which anti-immigration activist Nkosikhona Ndabandaba, popularly known as Phakelumthakathi, confronts a burly man and asks him where he is from and what he is doing in South Africa.
