Hundreds of anti-migrant protesters marched through a township outside Johannesburg on Monday, one day after South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa attempted to quell rising tensions in a televised address.

The president reiterated that the enforcement of immigration laws remains the sole responsibility of the government and not private groups or vigilante organisations.

Ramaphosa to speak on government’s response to illegal migration and rising anti-foreigner protests, amid growing pressure from activists and political parties