A native waiting for his victim
The Xenophobic attacks so far has left six people dead and more than a thousand displaced since the beginning of the month. with attacks spreading from Durban to parts of the economic hub in Johannesburg.
According to analysts, high unemployment rate and a failure to address growing inequality are to blame for the wave of the attacks.
According to the Vanguard online, the current outbreak has been largely blamed on a speech by King Godwill Zwelethini, the traditional ruler of the Zulus in which he blamed immigrants for South Africa's high crime rate and said they must take their Bags and Go - to loud applause
The king has since said his words were misinterpreted, but for some, Zwelethini just articulated what many were feeling.
More pictures of South Africans looting foreigners stores below.
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