South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed for calm ahead of planned nationwide protests against 'undocumented immigration', warning that while citizens have a constitutional right to demonstrate, acts of violence, intimidation and vigilantism will not be tolerated.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed on Thursday to crush any attempts to destabilise the nation during planned anti-immigrant marches next week, amid a wave of xenophobia

South Africa's president has warned anti-immigration groups against trying to impose the so-called June 30th deadline for illegal migrants to leave the country.