For Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde, leaving South Africa is no longer a realistic option.
As thousands of demonstrators marched across the country demanding that foreigners leave, the 49-year-old locked his home, stayed indoors with his wife and three South African-born children, and watched the protests unfold on television. When the demonstrations ended, he reopened his small grocery shop in downtown Durban, hoping it would survive another wave of anti-immigrant violence.
It did.
Many neighboring migrant-owned businesses were not as fortunate.
After fleeing political persecution in Ethiopia more than two decades ago, Wolde says there is nothing left for him to return to.
