Scores of residents from different parts of Ekurhuleni marched against a company suspected of hiring foreign nationals, approaching industrial companies for job opportunities. They delivered memorandums informing managers of their intentions to hand deliver their CV's later this month.
A coalition of anti-xenophobia organisations has warned that while President Cyril Ramaphosa announced tougher immigration controls, his address failed to confront the violence, economic exclusion and administrative failures that continue to place foreign nationals at risk.
The criticism follows Ramaphosa's address on Sunday, in which he unveiled five measures aimed at addressing growing public concerns over migration and undocumented immigrants. The speech came amid ongoing demonstrations against undocumented migrants in several parts of the country, including the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
Civil society groups, led by Global South Against Xenophobia (GSAX), said the President's proposals focused heavily on immigration enforcement but did not provide immediate solutions to xenophobic violence.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a slew of planned amendments to illegal migration and the recent surge in protests against foreign nationals.
