Displaced foreigners from Malawi gathered outside the Sherwood Hall in Sydenham. Approximately 500 Malawians fled from the informal settlements in Clare Estate.
Malawian nationals who fled from the Clare Estate informal settlements expressed their fears for safety, while temporarily residing at Sherwood Hall playground, hoping to return to their home country soon.
Since Sunday, approximately 500 Malawians have made the playground area their home, clutching their meagre possessions and enduring the cold weather at night.
Osman Bhoola, an interim Malawian community leader, said political activists knew where those from other African countries resided in the settlements and went to their doors armed with sticks, knives and, in some confrontations, firearms, informing them to leave the area immediately before June 30.
Concern is mounting across South Africa over an upcoming June 30 deadline set by anti-illegal immigration groups, the Insizwa Ngobunsizwa Development Foundation and March for March, for undocumented migrants to leave the country.
