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🇿🇦 More than 900 arrested during South Africa’s antimigrant protests South African police have arrested more than 900 people during nationwide antimigrant protests that were mostly peaceful but at times turned violent with shops looted and one person shot dead. The demonstrations on Tuesday were organised by a coalition of more than 20 civil society groups, including the March and March movement. They were called to mark an unofficial “deadline” for undocumented migrants to leave the country. Of 120 marches held across South Africa, 108 were peaceful while 12 saw police intervention, Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili said at a news conference on Wednesday. Mosikili stated that reasons for the arrests ranged from public violence and robbery to immigration violations. The Western Cape recorded the highest volume with 215 arrests, followed closely by the Eastern Cape with 208. In Johannesburg’s Alexandra township, police confirmed one person was shot dead late on Tuesday during looting of foreign-owned informal corner shops, known locally as spaza shops. Soldiers were also dispatched to Johannesburg’s inner city Hillbrow neighbourhood after a shooting that injured two people, including a 17-year-old. In the coastal city of Durban, thousands of protesters marched chanting “Abahambe!” (“They must go!”) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/2/more-than-900-arrested-during-south-africas-antimigrant-protests