South Africa Risks Race War by Stoking Xenophobia, Opposition Warns
- DA’s Steenhuisen says anti-migrant sentiment may ‘jump fence’
- South Africa has been dogged by bouts of xenophobic violence
Action SA President Herman Mashaba
Photographer: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images/Getty Images
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South African politicians are risking conflict between different local ethnic groups and races by encouraging xenophobia against migrants from other nations on the continent, the leader of the official opposition said.
Two new political parties, ActionSA and Patriotic Alliance, made significant gains in municipal elections last year by running anti-migrant campaigns.