South Africa - Soweto and Durban in flames: anti-immigration anger erupts

A wave of xenophobic violence erupted in South Africa following a Constitutional Court decision on asylum, leading to the burning of 24 vehicles in Soweto and Durban and the looting of foreign-owned shops. The court ruling, issued in July in the case of Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town versus the Ministry of Interior, declared certain asylum provisions unconstitutional. Three arrests were made amid the violence that shook the townships, reigniting existing tensions in the country.