Four days ago, Mozambican immigrant Lado Amido opened his door in the South African coastal town of Kleinmond to find an angry crowd outside. They told him and others like him that foreigners had to leave.
The group moved through the area, going door to door and repeating the same message.
Fearing for his safety, Amido fled into the mountains, where he spent two nights.
He is now sheltering in a local town hall, alongside other migrants from Malawi and Mozambique who have taken refuge across South Africa’s Western Cape province after being targeted in a wave of anti-immigrant violence in several coastal towns.
South Africa has recently seen a surge in xenophobic protests that have at times turned deadly. Mozambique’s government said five of its citizens were killed in attacks in Mossel Bay over the weekend.
